8.0 Earthquake in Solomon Islands

Good lord that's a monster of a quake. Hope no lives were lost.
 
The Ring of Fire generates many earthquakes, but this one may be significant enough to cause some concern. Stay safe if you have been informed that your area is in the path of its ripple.
 
Good they've cancelled the Tsunami alert. That's pretty close to us. (Close being a relative term).
 
It must be terrible to experience an earthquake - also with such a high magnitude. I feel bad for those who've lost their dearest. I haven't ever experienced an earthquake myself.
 
Having been sat almost directly on top of a 6.3 and 7.1 in the last two years as well as a 5.9 and 6.3 in the same day, earthquakes don't faze me anymore. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing to be honest!

I thought it was a bit bizarre that there was an alert here in NZ telling people to remain off the beaches - I'm not sure how a 1.5m tsunami in the immediate area of the earthquake is going to have an impact some 2100+miles/3300+km away :odd:
 
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