No, this isn’t a late April Fools Day joke - there was an earthquake off the Solomon Islands at about 6:40AM this morning, measuring approximately 8.1 on the Richter Scale.

Don’t start panicking yet though: The revised estimate now says that any tsunami would now be “between 10 and 20cm”.

Work has taken it seriously enough though - we got an official warning (given how close we are to Newcastle Harbor), and advised not to leave the building without notifying a warden.

Official Tsunami Warnings: NSW, Queensland.  General Warning.

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology: Australian Tsunami Alert Service (ATAS).

Image Credits:
Photo #147691 “Defying the Waves” by rpcsilva - c/- stock.xchng
_MG_4505 - By William Hughes