Hunga Tonga volcano second eruption.

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Oh dear, that video you linked to has been taken off-air :-(

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

It was a good one too.

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I guess the volcano gawd was not happy with the video...

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
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M6.2 Earthquake - Fiji region

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Darwinites got an early wake up call this morning.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake near Banda Sea felt in Darwin.

Residents in Darwin have once again been rocked awake by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake on Wednesday morning.

The earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea about 321km northeast of East Timor.

The Bureau of Meteorology said the tremor was felt in the Northern Territory’s capital city, but there were no tsunami warnings to Australia.

Locals woke to their beds shaking and items being knocked off shelves around 3.47am local time....

Cheers.

I didn't notice that one at all.

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Grant
Darwin NT

It depends on what ground you have under you and/or how far away you are from the epicenter.

I felt the 7.1 Ridgecrest CA earthquake, but that is 69.03 miles from where I live at in Yermo CA according to this site here.

If that whopper had been closer a lot of places here would be on the ground, my home has an earthquake resistant foundation system under it that the county said I needed, best money I ever spent...

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
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Not on the ring of fire, but I thought I would tell you that Mt Etna, Sicily. That's off the toe of Italy. Erupted a short time ago.
Ongoing view at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObJ6D-AZIrE

Meanwhile, across the ditch in the shaky isles.

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked New Zealand with reports it was felt on both the north and south islands just after 4pm local time.

Cheers.

So the submarine continent of Zealandia has shaken, hopefully nothing bigger will happen soon.

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
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M5.5 Earthquake - Tonga

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Japan gets shaken yet again.

Strong earthquake felt in Japan, tsunami threat issued.

...Preliminary reports put it at a 7.3 magnitude. The earthquake occurred just off the coast from Fukushima.

A tsunami threat was issued for the east coast of Honshu, Japan, by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based on preliminary earthquake parameters. The center warned of possible hazardous tsunami waves for coastal communities within 186 miles of the epicenter....

The tsunami warning was canceled.

Mass evacuation ordered in the Philippines after volcano erupts with 2 mile-high plumes of steam and ash.

Thousands of people were evacuated in The Philippines on Saturday after a volcano erupted with plumes of steam and ash that went nearly two miles in the sky, Reuters reported.

The threat level for Taal volcano, located in a lake south of the capital Manila, was raised from level two to level three on a scale of zero to five on Saturday morning after it spewed plumes that reached up to 9,800 feet, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said in a statement.

A total of 1,100 people, including fisherman in the lake, were evacuated by authorities, PHIVOLCS told Reuters.

PHIVOLCS said in the statement that it strongly advised the residents in five surrounding areas to evacuate "due to the possible hazards of pyroclastic density currents and volcanic tsunami should stronger eruptions subsequently occur."...

Seems that the top end had a quiver.

Darwin hit with by 6.2 magnitude earthquake.

Darwin has felt the effects of a 6.2 magnitude earthquake which caused buildings across the capital city to shake.

Locals reported feeling tremors for around 30 seconds after 12.00pm on Friday, with the quake originating from across the ocean in Timor.

The Bureau of Meteorology has told concerned locals there is no tsunami threat as a result of the earthquake.

GeoScience Australia reported the earthquake in Timor had a magnitude of 6.2 and a depth of 65km....

Cheers.

Things are getting hot again in Japan.

Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts, prompting officials to issue highest alert.

The Sakurajima volcano, one of Japan's most active volcanoes, erupted Sunday evening, prompting evacuations in the country's southern island.

Japan’s Meteorological Agency said Sakurajima erupted around 8:05 p.m. local time (7:05 a.m. EDT) on the island of Kyushu, hurling large rocks as far as 1½ miles south and sending up plumes of smoke and ash. Japan's NHK News released a video from the agency capturing the flames from the eruption.

The meteorological agency issued a Level 5 alert, the highest alert possible, to residential areas immediately near the volcano, such as parts of Kagoshima City, to evacuate. The city is home to about 600,000 people.

Evacuees were advised to be cautious of falling volcanic rocks and possible flow of lava, ash and searing gas within 2 miles of the crater.

No injuries, deaths or damage were immediately reported....

Massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Philippines.

A massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake has hit the Philippines, shattering windows of buildings at the epicentre and shaking high-rise towers more than 300 kilometres away in the capital Manila.

The earthquake struck the mountainous province of Abra on the main island of Luzon at a depth of 40 km, at 8.43am local time the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said on Wednesday....

No casualties or major damage have yet been reported.

Cheers.