Tsunami in Southern Pacific, took 5 lives

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

A extremely powerful earthquake occured today in the Southern Pacific, east of Papua New Guinea, at the Santa Cruz Islands.
The earthquake had a magnitude of 8, and it triggered a tsunami wave at around 1 meter, and took 5 lives with it.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/05/world/asia/solomon-islands-quake/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Now is the question: Who will get the next big earthquake? I have a thought that Japan might get it, northern Japan. I have seen the earthquake activity there have now increased, especially at Hokkaido Island.
At the Atlantic side, there has been a little quiet, except some few quakes at magnitude 4.

R.I.P to those 5 people who lost their lives

[Tìtstewan]

5 people goes to Eywa.

Here I have a screen of the earthquake from EarthQuake3D:

Spoiler: large pic

[Toruk Makto]

Indeed RIP.  Thanks for posting this.   

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

They are very lucky it wasn't more people. Looking at the information on seismicity for that region, those people know what strong earthquakes are, and what they can do!

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

There has been a new powerful earthquake at the Santa Cruz Islands. Just around 1 hour ago, it was a 7.0 magnitude earthquake
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc000f40j.php

Another 6.8 magnitude earlier today: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc000f3x8.php
A 6.6 magnitude yesterday: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc000f3fx.php
Also a 6.1 yesterday: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc000f329.php
Including a 6.2 yesterday: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc000f2ul.php


The gouvernment of Santa Cruz Islands have declared State of Disaster
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1302/S00102/state-of-disaster-declared-on-santa-cruz-islands.htm

[Tìtstewan]

The aftershocks are really powerful.

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

Nearly continuous m5.x earthquakes. That has to be very unnerving.

These earthquakes are taking place along a rather curvy fault that joins two sections of a subduction zone. And these are some of the most active subduction zones on earth. This kind os seismic activity there is not at all surprising.