ANOTHER Large earthquake in the West Pacific — M6.7 strikes Soloman Islands
A large M6.7 earthquake has struck the West Pacific in the Soloman Islands East of Papua New Guinea.
This events marks the THIRD large earthquake to strike the Soloman Islands this week.
The Soloman Islands were specifically forecast to see large earthquake activity this week (after several weeks of relative silence).
The earthquake forecast for the Soloman Islands was issued on August 8, 2015 — issued for a 7 day time period to watch the region.
In the past 7 days, three different large earthquakes struck the warned area. See the full earthquake forecast video here:
In addition to seeing the large earthquake activity in the Soloman islands, the other area which was warned in the earthquake forecast (South Japan) is now under alert / evacuations due to thousands of earthquakes near Sakurajima Volcano, with an impending very large eruption now possible.
The nearby Sendai Nuclear power plant is also under serious warning, locals evacuating, and “massive tectonic deformation” currently taking place (August 15):
M6.6 – 212km W of Lata, Solomon Islands
Magnitude 6.6 Mi
Location/uncertainty 10.900°S 163.900°E± 0.0 km
Depth/uncertainty 18.0 km± 0.0
Origin Time 2015-08-15 07:47:07.000 UTC
Number of Stations 46
Number of Phases 46
Minimum Distance 452.60 km (4.07°)
Travel Time Residual 0.83 sec
Azimuthal Gap 54.0°
FE Region Solomon Islands (193)
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