Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake – 68 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia

(earthquake.usgs.gov)

73 points | by Bender 1 hour ago

6 comments

  • insaider 36 minutes ago
    Is this big enough to produce a Tsunami? Apparently maybe only a small localised one, but I'm supposed to be getting the ferry from Lombok to Bali shortly and two of those have already burnt down the last 2 weeks!
    • wiml 11 minutes ago
      I've seen "possible tsunami" pre-warnings, and a sea level gauge at/near Lembar showing sea level oscillations - so I would recommend keeping a close watch on some information source that's better than HN comment threads, yes.
    • decimalenough 22 minutes ago
      A ferry in the open ocean is one of the safer places to be during a tsunami. Remember, it's not a surf-style wave, but a gradual increase in water level.
    • pestatije 2 minutes ago
      the tsunami risk is negligible compared to the fire risk
    • Grimburger 22 minutes ago
      Tsunamis are only an issue close to shore. In the ocean it's barely a mild wave.

      In a boat going further out is the safest thing you can do if there's a tsunami warning.

    • reilly3000 33 minutes ago
      Safe travels, friend.
  • CookieCrisp 45 minutes ago
    I know large earthquakes are effectively random (ignoring aftershocks) but this feels like a lot this year, yeah?
  • burnt-resistor 36 minutes ago
    So Google Earth says the ocean depth at the epicenter is 6,286 ft / 1,916 m, but I couldn't find a corresponding tsunami alert or evaluation of risk.
    • mikeyouse 25 minutes ago
      Looks like it was a strike-slip fault, so a much lower tsunami risk compared to a subduction / dip-slip fault.
  • navigate8310 26 minutes ago
    A hearsay though, usually a random country experiences large quakes after an eclipse