5 dead as 8.0 quake off Solomons sparks Pacific tsunami

These poor souls are getting pounded. Several M7 aftershocks now.

So the media should not put out information to keep the public informed about possible tidal waves, earthquakes, volcanoes or anything that isn't happening right at the same moment? Just give people the least amount of time to do anything for themselves to react? Ya think, an adult could just possibly make their own decision about the information given, ignore it or take advice from it?

Thoughts to the families of the 5 dead.

A massive earthquake which thankfully wasn't more devastating.

"Ewan Huzarmy Feb. 05, 2013 - 09:54AM JST

I have a feeling it may be tomorrow ! Early Monday morning I had a very reallistic dream that there was a BIG Earthquake on Wednesday evening. you heard it here first."

There are few earthquake predictions here on JapanToday. This one from Kuchikomi seems fairly accurate. Not in Japan, mind you, but it was a big earthquake.

TSUNAMI Warning for 50Cm Waves ??!!? Yup, let's spread some PARANOIA & SENSAIONALISM in the airwaves again. Good job Media Monguals.

Do hope hope the islanders of these South Pacific nations are ok, just heard on NHK radio tsunami warnings for all the Pacific coastal regions of Japan.

The depth has been revised deeper to about 27 km.

All tsunami warnings have now been cancelled.

You see the areas on the Island and the Mag. here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

There is 11 total earthquakes record on the same day on that Island...thats just crazy O_o

I hope they have good alarm systems. Some of those islands don't have much by way of high ground.