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In case this is important-posted a Tsunami warning about 30 minutes ago. I know we have NZ and Aussie posters but i don't know anything about this stuff.

Tsunami Warning Issued After 7.9 Magnitude Quake Hits South Pacific
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509824,00.html

Thursday, March 19, 2009


Print ShareThisDeveloping: A tsunami warning has been issued after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Thursday, 130 miles from Tonga and 300 miles from Fiji, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

"It is not known that a tsunami was generated," Reuters quotes the U.S National Weather Service's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. "An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami."

The quake reportedly had a depth of of 6.2 miles.

heard it was canceled around 4:00pm (CST)

Thanks. Closing now.