Is there a Tsunami round the corner - Major earthquake rocks Tonga?
March 20th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by GD
- An undersea volcano in Tonga is sending out volumes of smoke & ash thousands of feet in to the air. A series of earthquakes rocked Tonga, a 170 island archipelago between Australia and Tahiti. The earthquake was measured at a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale on Friday. A 5.2 magnitude after shock was also recorded 2 hours prior to the initial quake.
The sudden volcanic eruptions followed by the earthquake prompted the local authorities to issue a Tsunami alert for Tonga and neighboring islands. Tonga and the adjoining islands are a part of the “ring of fire”, an arc of volcanic and earthquake prone islands in the pacific.
The earthquake which struck at 7.17 am lay centered 210 Kms south – southeast of the Tongan capital “Nuku’alofa”. No major damage of loss or property was reported and people were seen roaming the streets. The press also reported that the “Tsunami warning” was not being taken seriously by the residents.
The plume of smoke form the volcanic eruptions rose to between 15,000 to 25,000 feet. Geologists have classified this as a very significant volcanic eruption. However, there is no significant data to relate volcanic eruptions to earthquakes.
Based on the events in Tonga, a Hawaiian based Tsunami warning center has issued an alert stating that some coastal areas in Hawaii could also experience high tide at sea for several hours.
Well is there a major Tsunami on the way, god knows? Mother Nature would finally have the last say on this. Another reminder for mankind to respect and preserve nature or face the consequences.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
But God does know, I am Canadian and before I came to live in New Zealand, God gave me a dream I saw a Tsunami so big that it would set the whole EBOP as we know it now under water. The dream went like this, I saw a big earthquake and then the Sea retracting in the EBOP. People where running toward the beach, I saw the Killer Whales being stranded out at sea and I could hear there screams. Then I saw many birds coming from the Islands out at Sea flying Inland. I heard God saying, tell my people to go to high country. Tell my people from the time the birds come flying inland, they have a half hour to go to the high country, I woke up. When I came to your country to live in 2005 I was shocked to see that I had been shown Whakatane and the layout of the EBOP. Since then I had the same dream 4 times and now last week the dream got really intense and I was ask to get my family ready and to put the warning in the News Paper. But not only that, a sign in the Heavens where given to me on 15th May 09 showing an Angel, Jesus Christ and the eyes of God himself on both sides of the Angel. I believe this could happen this year. In the last dream a time frame was given, it was summer and a great festival was on the grounds here in Whakatane. Even so we warned the people, they did not listen according to the dream given. Also the Lord God shows me to drive inland towards Tane Atua, then go on high country…if make it to Taupo.
Feel free to contact me, I am not sure when to put the warning I received from God in the News Paper but I will obey God and do so.