In the last twelve hours, a series of major earthquakes struck the Santa Cruz Islands. Beginning with the activation of a thrust fault with a M8.0 (M7.9) earthquake, almost fifty aftershocks hit the region. A regional tsunami warning was released short six minutes after the first quake at 1:12 UTC and has now been cancelled.
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Small tsunami hits Solomon coast – M8 earthquake and fifty aftershocks
February 6, 2013 | in Earthquake | one response
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