El terremoto en las Islas Salomón destruye casas y deja a miles de afectados
he earthquake in the Solomon Islands destroys houses and leaves thousands affected The earthquake had a magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale and forced to issue a brief tsunami alert
SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA 12/09/2016 07:30
At least 40 houses were destroyed and some 3,000 people have been affected in Solomon Islands following a magnitude 7.8 quake on the Richter scale that has shaken this area of the Pacific and forced a brief tsunami alert.
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Was introduced in Parliament by MP Samuel Manetoali, who said he is still waiting for more information from the island of Makira, an isolated area with few communications,
Radio New Zealand reported. Makira is the area closest to the epicenter of the earthquake that the United States Geological Survey (USGS),
which monitors seismic activity worldwide, located 68 kilometers southwest of Kirakira and at a depth of 48.7 kilometers .
The earthquake was followed by several aftershocks, including a 6.5-degree USGS located 79 kilometers southwest of Kirakira and 14 kilometers deep.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) issued a wave risk alert Which is at risk for New Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, New Caledonia, Tuvalu, Kosrae (Micronesia) and Hawaii.
The alert was lifted an hour later after generating a wave that reached 43 centimeters in New Caledonia, Overseas, and affected to a lesser extent the southeastern coast of Makira.
Fear of a possible tsunami led coastal residents of Makira to flee to highland parts of the interior of the island, according to Radio New Zealand. Solomon Islands is in the so-called "Ring of Fire", which marks one of the most seismic and volcanic activity of the planet in the margins of the Pacific Ocean.
In April 2007, an earthquake of magnitude 8.1 generated a tsunami that killed about 30 people And destroyed much of the island of Gizo in the west of the country. VOTING 0 votes
AUSTRALIA 12/09/2016 07:30
At least 40 houses were destroyed and some 3,000 people have been affected in Solomon Islands following a magnitude 7.8 quake on the Richter scale that has shaken this area of the Pacific and forced a brief tsunami alert.
Radio New Zealand reported. Makira is the area closest to the epicenter of the earthquake that the United States Geological Survey (USGS),
which monitors seismic activity worldwide, located 68 kilometers southwest of Kirakira and at a depth of 48.7 kilometers .
The earthquake was followed by several aftershocks, including a 6.5-degree USGS located 79 kilometers southwest of Kirakira and 14 kilometers deep.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) issued a wave risk alert Which is at risk for New Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, New Caledonia, Tuvalu, Kosrae (Micronesia) and Hawaii.
The alert was lifted an hour later after generating a wave that reached 43 centimeters in New Caledonia, Overseas, and affected to a lesser extent the southeastern coast of Makira.
Fear of a possible tsunami led coastal residents of Makira to flee to highland parts of the interior of the island, according to Radio New Zealand. Solomon Islands is in the so-called "Ring of Fire", which marks one of the most seismic and volcanic activity of the planet in the margins of the Pacific Ocean.
In April 2007, an earthquake of magnitude 8.1 generated a tsunami that killed about 30 people And destroyed much of the island of Gizo in the west of the country. VOTING 0 votes
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