Protect the West Coast (PTWC) is launching Ripl – a potentially game-changing public participation platform for mining applications, it is a digital portal created by Cape Town digital agency iBay and comprises a gathering of scientific, community and legal experts: https://ripl.co.za #ProtectTheWestCoast #PTWC #ripl #SouthAfrica #mining #coastalMining #SAWestCoast #WestCoastOfSouthAfrica
Ripl

Potential #tsunami threats were issued for #Vanuatu, #Fiji and #NewCaledonia, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ( #PTWC ) said, while #Australia's meteorology bureau said there was a threat for #LordeHoweIsland off its east coast

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/earthquake-magnitude-77-strikes-southeast-loyalty-islands-usgs-2023-05-19/

Tsunami threat passes in South Pacific after magnitude 7.7 quake off New Caledonia

The risk of tsunami waves across the South Pacific has passed and national warnings downgraded following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday southeast of the Loyalty Islands in the French territory of New Caledonia.

Reuters
An #introduction: I do very interdisciplinary #geoscience & #oceanography with interests in #tsunamis, #volcanism, #hydrogeology & coastal/mtn #meteorology. Writer for NOAA #PTWC. Researcher for 17 yrs at #SIO, PhD from #MIT #WHOI Joint Program. Now relocated to remote Pacific NW to help elderly parents and always looking for remote consulting work! BA in Art, MA in English Comp & Rhetoric, previous work in #DataVisualization, satellite imagery. Fun - #snow #ice #mountains + many animals!
Hmmm, #hawaii had the #missilescare not too long ago and people were fired for it... now there's a hoax message for an #earthquake and #tsunami... I wonder if the #ptwc hired new people recently...?