Below is a screenshot from google earth– here are the coordinates of the quake — just 12 miles away from the island. No tsunami warning was issued .. 17.914°S, 179.424°W
Watch the video report here:
Post Glacial Rebound Effect (PGRE) has reached Mel Gibson’s Island in Fiji …
Link to the USGS official stats:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006edd.php
Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 6.0
Date-Time Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 00:15:25 UTC Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 12:15:25 PM at epicenter
Location 17.914°S, 179.424°W
Depth 611.9 km (380.2 miles)
Region FIJI REGION 568 km (353 miles) NW (309°) from NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga 3159 km (1963 miles) W (265°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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Information on Mel Gibson’s island in Fiji — hope everyone there is ok..
http://www.privateislandsmag.com/2008/09/mel-gibson-mago-island-fiji/
Information on Post Glacial Rebound Effect (PGRE):
here are dozens of links so you can monitor the earthquake situation in your particular area — most areas globally are covered in these links below:
http://www.geology.ar.gov/geohazards/ark_seismic_network.htm
http://www.skimountaineer.com/CascadeSki/CascadeWebCams.php?weather=true
http://bigthink.com/ideas/26619
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/LCSN/WebSeis/24hr_heli.pl?id=
http://seismologie.oma.be/index.php?LANG=NL&LEVEL=210
http://www.prsn.uprm.edu/lantex/
http://mbvrc.wwu.edu/index.shtml
http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/index-eng.php
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/wf-fo/trace_app.php?target=MNTQ.BHZ
http://www.ceme.gsras.ru/ccd.htm
http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html
http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/
http://www.knmi.nl/seismologie/aardbevingen-nederland.html
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mkta/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli_bb_slu/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_nmad/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_athn/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_lnxt/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mttn/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_ceri/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_uky/
http://quake.crowe.co.nz/Mobile/
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/
http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/webicorder/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/map_sta_eq.shtml
http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/helicorder/heli.html
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml
http://download.cnet.com/Earthquake-3D/3000-2054_4-10395116.html
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/jsmap.php?key=1&typ=world
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/index.php
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/index.php
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/maps-cartes/index-eng.php
http://www.goandroam.com/webcams/japan/mt_fuji
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/station/NQ079_NM_01/
http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/maps.htm
http://www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm
http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/BETTER/pnsn_staweb/index.html
http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/
http://mbmgquake.mtech.edu/earthworm/wavef_disp/current/welcome.html
http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php