[LINK] Earthquake near Honiara - Tsunami warning for Cooktown (@9:32)

[steve jenkin]

[Just before 10am ABC RN interviewed Cook Shire president, Bob Sullivan.
Nothing happened in Cooktown]
[This would be a near miss - and a lot of gratitude to the boffins
behind the scences]

<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1887085.htm>

Last Update: Monday, April 2, 2007. 9:50am (AEST)
Tsunami threat eases off Qld

> The weather bureau in Queensland says the threat of a tsunami hitting
> eastern Australia appears to have eased.
>
> The Bureau of Meterology issued a tsunami alert for coastal areas of
> Queensland, New South Wales and eastern Tasmania following an 8.1
> Richter scale earthquake in the Solomon Islands this morning.
>
> A tsunami has already swept ashore in the Solomons, causing widespread
> damage.
>
> Geoff Doueal from the weather bureau says staff on Willis Island about
> 450 kilometres off the coast of Cairns have not measured much a rise
> in sea level.
>
> "We're still unsure how big the tsunami's been generated but Willis
> Island being fairly low lying and all of that would have, if there had
> of been a large wave they would have noticed it certainly and they
> have haven't noticed a large wave," he said.
>
> "We've still got the warning out but that's taking the conservative
> view at the moment."
>
> However he warned that the tsunami warning remains current for the
> entire east coast of the state.
>
> Emergency Management Queensland says it is waiting for the weather
> bureau to confirm if a tsunami has formed after an ocean floor earthquake.
>
> Spokesman John Hall says preparations for the possible tsunami are
> under way with local authorities from areas north of Mackay.

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