Tsunami warning issued after preliminary magnitude 7.5 quake hits south of Papua New Guinea

[Hissyspit]

Source: NBC News

@BreakingNews: Tsunami warning issued after preliminary magnitude 7.5 quake hits south of Papua New Guinea - @NWS_PTWC http://t.co/LAUZt50IpI/s/KSEN

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[alfredo]

1. crap

[Radael]

2. I feel like 99.999% of these warnings result in no Tsunamis

So im optimistic that no Tsunamis will ensue in this case.

[Marrah_G]

4. Better to be warned and have one NOT happen

Rather then no warning and 250000 people die.

[Recursion]

5. That's the way I prefer it (nt)

[cbayer]

10. Having personally experienced a tsunami after the Fukishima earthquake,

I'm very happy to have warnings.

And I would never bet against it happening.

[Renew Deal]

3. They've been having big earthquakes for the last week

5/1: 6.8
4/30: 6.7

[Warpy]

6. Right, and they've all been quite deep

This one was 63 Km down and land based, which makes me wonder why they issued a warning. Maybe it's a knee jerk for any quake above 7.0.

[Renew Deal]

7. Could be. Tsunami warnings hardly amount to much.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

8. Except when they do.

[Beauregard]

13. +1. nt

[bigworld]

9. They should have watches and warnings like they do with storms

A watch might mean that there's a chance of a tsunami (issued immediately after an earthquake like this) and a warning means that one has definitely been measured.

They do the same with tornadoes and thunderstorms.

[dhill926]

11. good idea....

[Beauregard]

12. There's always something scary going on.

If it isn't us, it's God.