7.9 Quake off Tonga

[Moonliner]

I'm glad the Cricket is back home.


A tsunami warning has been issued after a 7.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga, officials say.

[innerSpaceman]

That's funny, I was wishing the cricket was there. I saw photos of the underwater volcano erupting thru the ocean surface and it was spectacular, and I wanted our tropical south seas explorer to see it with his own eyes.




and then, yeah, paddle very quickly in the opposite direction.

[Moonliner]

I guess I was thinking more along the lines of 2004 (http://www.fijiwebcam.com/index.htm)

But I guess as long as we could at least get his camera back......

[Moonliner]

The closest webcam I could find is on Fiji (http://www.fijiwebcam.com/index.htm). So far it looks calm.

[Alex]

You would want to paddle towards the tsunami, I'm thinking. Paddle with it and you're surfing and heading for buildings.

Paddle into it and you might be able to get behind it.

This is probably covered in one of those how to survive the unsurvivable books. Wonder if I'm right.

[cirquelover]

I thought the pictures of the balck smoke spewing from the ocean were amazing to look at. A true marvel for my mind!

[DreadPirateRoberts]

You want to find the deepest water you can get to.

[Gemini Cricket]

The Cricket's happy that there doesn't seem to be a tsunami on its way to Hawai'i (http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090319/BREAKING01/90319028).

[Kevy Baby]

Here is one site with video (http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=tonga-volcano-spews-spectacular-plu-2009-03-19) of the underwater volcano.

[innerSpaceman]

The Cricket's happy that there doesn't seem to be a tsunami on its way to Hawai'i (http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090319/BREAKING01/90319028).

yeah, but now swimming with sharks seems so puny. :p




Ok, so what I don't get is .... if this underwater volcano spawns a tsunami, how come all the people photographing it from a few miles away are safe?

[Moonliner]

What volcano? It was an earthquake about two hours ago.

[Alex]

Tsunami's out in open ocean (or deepening ocean) are generally only a few inches high. The energy of the shock wave only becomes seriously dangerous when the depth of the water rapidly declines (as when approaching land).

Haven't seen the pictures so don't know if that is relevant to the question at hand, though.

(Think of this way. You have enough power to an upward force of 7 million pounds. Which column of water will you lift higher: 20 feet or 2000?)

[Kevy Baby]

(Think of this way. You have enough power to an upward force of 7 million pounds. Which column of water will you lift higher: 20 feet or 2000?)Is this a trick question?

<insert winking emoticon here>

[Moonliner]

I don't think there was a Tsunami.

This is a live shot from Fiji

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/Moonliner/fiji1.png

Personally, I think getting live video from Fiji is sooo much cooler than watching NCAA crap....

[Alex]

Is that the right side of the island? The lee side would see any damage even if there was a huge tsunami.

[Kevy Baby]

Is that the right side of the island?Or is it the left side?

Wait... did you mean my right or your right?

Now I am confused.

[Ghoulish Delight]

The god's have been angered by all the celebrating.

[Alex]

Well, let's just say that if that is the windward side of the island and a tsunami is coming, mauka is the direction you want to be going.

[Moonliner]

Is that the right side of the island? The lee side would see any damage even if there was a huge tsunami.

It's the "Suva" cam. South East side (head on to the quake location)

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Can't wait for the "underwater" volcano to errupt at Nemo.

[Kevy Baby]

Can't wait for the "underwater" volcano to errupt at Nemo.Or in my pants.













This lame-assed post brought to you in honor of fifth-grade boys everywhere.

[Moonliner]

What volcano? It was an earthquake about two hours ago.

Ohhh! That Volcano (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29769097/). Somehow I missed news about that and was confused about all the "volcano" talk in this thread.

[Kevy Baby]

Ohhh! That Volcano (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29769097/). Somehow I missed news about that and was confused about all the "volcano" talk in this thread.So, you obviously did not click the link in my earlier post (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=273846#post273846) talking about said volcano?

Fool!

[Moonliner]

So, you obviously did not click the link in my earlier post (http://www.loungeoftomorrow.com/LoT/showthread.php?p=273846#post273846) talking about said volcano?

Fool!

I believe we have already established that I NEVER click on a Kevy link while at work and at home only if I have my asbestos jammie's on.

[innerSpaceman]

But wait. There was a tsunami-spawning earthquake AND an underwater, surface-breaching volcanic eruption ... both off the coast of Tonga today???

WTF?




And if that's the case, what kind of wuss south seas explorer is Gemini Cricket for being safe back in Hawaii???

[€uroMeinke]

But the real question someone needs to answer:

Is Tonga toast?

[Not Afraid]

But the real question someone needs to answer:

Is Tonga toast?


Bwahahahaha!

[Moonliner]

Geeze! I just realized that while I was watching for the Tsunami on the Fiji webcam (http://www.fijiwebcam.com/index.htm) yesterday, I actually saw the Volcano live!

The webcam auto-pans and at one point you have have a view of a small island. Yesterday there was a plume of smoke coming from the island (I thought) after viewing these new photos (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/undersea_eruptions_near_tonga.html)I'm now quite sure what I was viewing was in fact the volcano in action. Picture #3 is what I was seeing via the webcam (in less resolution of course)