Here's the USGS Report and currently one hour after this event there are 8 felt reports and I'll run all that in a subsequent edition of my blog. Here's the USGS Report with the list of nearby places:
8.2 - 281km NNE of Ndoi Island, Fiji
2018-08-19 00:19:37 UTC 18.165°S 178.144°W 559.6 km depth
Nearby Places:
167.1 Miles East of Levuka, Fiji
203.1 Miles SE of Labasa, Fiji
224.5 Miles East of Suva, Fiji
278.8 Miles East of Ba, Fiji
280.4 mi) NW of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Now here's what the Tsunami Report looked like when I first seen it. . . and decided to just cut and paste it here and post right now!!! Again, this is the "Tsunami Report" for an 8.2 that just struck on Saturday between the hours of 7 and 8 Central Time USA:
TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2
1053 AM CHST SUN AUG 19 2018
...NO TSUNAMI THREAT
THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS REVISED EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS.
EVALUATION:
* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.2 OCCURRED IN
THE FIJI ISLANDS REGION AT 1020 AM CHST ON SUNDAY AUGUST 19
2018.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - UPDATED
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* MAGNITUDE 8.2
* ORIGIN TIME 1020 AM CHST AUG 19 2018
* LOCATION FIJI REGION
NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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* THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED OR THE SITUATION CHANGES.
Here's a LINK to that Tsunami Report@ https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/2018/08/19/18231000/2/WEGM42/WEGM42.txt
I'll have updates in next edition of my EQ Blog!!! Thank-You For Reading!!!
EQ Guy
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