M 7.9 offshore SE New Ireland PNG

[davenn]

hi everyone,
a new major quake still coming in as I type this
a Preliminary magnitude of Mw 7.9 offshore of SE New Ireland, New Guinea, PNG
High Gain ... http://www.sydneystormcity.com/seismograms.htm
Low Gain ... http://www.sydneystormcity.com/zlo1.gif

The cluster of yellow dots in the lower right is of the M 7.8 a week ago in the Solomons region
there's around 1200km between these 2 major eventsDave

 

[Bystander]

Well ... it generated a tsunami alert in the local news, but no cancellation notice for same when it/the tsunami failed to materialize ... winter storm "Decima" seems to be hogging the headlines far as natural disasters go. That's another "news" item for investigation ... failure to "multi-task" far as attention spans go ... there really is a "single focus" that is "hard-wired" into our attention mechanisms.

 

[Astronuc]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us200081v8#executive
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us200081v8#map

Depth: 103.2 km, so there should be no tsunami.