Tsunami Sequel? New Earthquake off Sumatra

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake could cause a "widely destructive tsunami" in the area around its epicentre.

PTWC Warning -

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg

The richter scale isn't used anymore by seismologists use moment magnitude.

gah

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2004/eq_041226/neic_slav_small.gif

Today

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_weax_small.gif

UPDATE 1-8.0 magnitude quake generates tsunami off Samoa islands
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2916198620090929

We had a tsunami watch here in Hawaii, but it was canceled an hour ago.

We are/were under a warning in Auckland, but it's been blue skies all day.

They're saying 19 dead in Samoa?

I read it was in the twenties.

This guy seems to think it'll be significantly more than that

yikes.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/the-others-were-shouting-tsunami-but-we-thought-its-a-joke-20090930-gbou.html

Locals in Samoa have been told more than 100, and possibly "hundreds", may have been killed in the tsunami that hit the island this morning.

The confirmed death toll from the South Pacific earthquake and tsunami is at 28, with a minimum of 14 reported dead in both Samoa and American Samoa, according to the Red Cross and media reports.

But media in Samoa says the tsunami had devastated villages on the south of the island, and the number of people feared dead was far higher.

I knew this Singaporean guy who was in the army and helped clean up after the Indonesian tsunami, I think it permanently fucked him up

jesus christ. was certain i heard on news radio before i got in the shower that various tsunami alerts around the various islands had been downgraded?? maybe they were referring just to NZ like charlie says.

Yeah no-one's reporting much on Samoa yet, at least here in the US. I had to go to ABC and The age websites to get the full picture.

wait. cnn finally reporting 17 in Samoa. Took them all day.

significantly more confirmed now, 77?
awful.

Not a good day for Google to launch a new product called Wave.

i still find it insane that the '04 tsunami killed as many people as it did, it's almost unimaginable.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/06/usgs-earthquake-strikes-northern-sumatra/?hpt=T2

we should have had a "rolling 2010 earthqauke" thread already

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-indonesia-earthquake-idUSBRE83A0BB20120411?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71

8.7 magnitude earthquake in Aceh, Indonesia, tsunami alert issued

yeah, following this as i just yesterday saw 4 friends off to phuket/phi phi. seems so far like there's nothing too much to panic about. i guess the fact that the movement is more horizontal than the 2004 quake means less water displaced. here's hoping.

Tsunami advisory for entire west coast
I saw elsewhere Santa Cruz is already seeing some minor flooding

JUST IN: The National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami advisory is in effect for the entire West Coast and Alaska in the wake of an undersea volcanic eruption near Tonga. https://t.co/6QAUay90w7

— ABC News (@ABC) January 15, 2022

Video from Cassidy Gillin of waves thrashing near the O’Neill lounge in Santa Cruz.

Basic message for the day: don’t be brave. Stay away from the coast @KION546 pic.twitter.com/ieqK9nJ28A

— Victor Guzman KION (@VGuzman_TV) January 15, 2022

it won't make significant impact but there's also a tsunami advisory in BC

A Tsunami Advisory is in effect for #BC Notification Zones A, B, C & D. Learn more about your Notification Zone here: https://t.co/mnRcrXzGsf #BCTsunami pic.twitter.com/1hMpzyAWdU

— Emergency Info BC (@EmergencyInfoBC) January 15, 2022

not as bad as the krakatoa eruptions. it still looks pretty scary. i believe there has been no contact with anyone from tonga for hours now?

This doesn't appear to be quite on the scale of the Krakatoa eruptions in 1883, however, its size and scale may impact our global weather patterns and temperatures significantly. 2022. I cannot. https://t.co/vPdk4jZ51n

— Dr. Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) January 15, 2022

Will it reverse climate change? If not then fuck off

The video clip from Dr. Parcak is astonishing, but it's hard to make out the scale without any reference points of a known size.

At around 10pm to midnight DFAT received word from the Aus HC in Tonga that there were no casualties. Sea communication cables are damaged as a result of the volcanic eruption. Further and better updates will be available as the day unfolds. Source: DFAT Helpline. 🇹🇴📍

— Anaseini Ulakai (@fineutuvai) January 15, 2022

(i understand why there's so little yet -- undersea phone and internet cables are out -- but i really wish there was a solid update on this)

al jazeera still seems to be the only outlet covering this story effectively >:(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWTc0EcwuTo

very low casualty reports still (2 or 3 fatalities) but communication remains terrible-to-non-existent with some of the many islands and communities

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/tonga-death-toll-two-dead-after-eruption-and-tsunami-mfat-says/4CKMDXWY3DJZV5XPRYDRBDRVYM/

according to this the wave itself was only three feet high (damage will be from ash and aftermath):
https://news.yahoo.com/images-show-tonga-smothered-ash-145207314.html

ppl currently seizing on a scientific model that's saying "waves up to 15m high" on the westernmost spur: 15m = c.50 feet high which is obviously high! tho "up to" is a little weasely and it was apparently (per map of model) a lot less than that in most places

With a first unofficial report at hand (link below), I revisited my first tsunami simulation & compared it.
Inundation for Hihifo seems close to observation.
Inundation in Nuku'alofa probably overestimated. Some areas still with question marks.#Tonga #Tsunami #Nukualofa pic.twitter.com/2qLGe7NwcX

— Andreas Schäfer (@DrAndreasS) January 16, 2022

also phones are apparently back on now, but no internet for a month

https://www.volcanocafe.org/the-hunga-tonga-explosion/