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M 7.8 - 101km ESE of Suva, Fiji
2018-09-06 15:49:14 UTC
Location 18.494°S 179.332°E, 608.6 km depth
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000h9e2#executive
Very deep. A number of deep aftershocks have occurred.
Potential for Mag 8 earthquakes in that region - along the Tonga trench.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/tectonic/images/emaustralia_tsum.pdf
The Australia-Pacific plate intersection takes a jog in that region. I'm expecting a Mag 9+ somewhere around that region one day.
2018-09-06 15:49:14 UTC
Location 18.494°S 179.332°E, 608.6 km depth
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000h9e2#executive
Very deep. A number of deep aftershocks have occurred.
Potential for Mag 8 earthquakes in that region - along the Tonga trench.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/tectonic/images/emaustralia_tsum.pdf
The Australia-Pacific plate intersection takes a jog in that region. I'm expecting a Mag 9+ somewhere around that region one day.