WALLIS, FUTUNA: A highly (electrically) charged atmosphere, Sep 08, 2010

Wallace atoll is located 220 km northwest from the islands of Alofi and Futuna and 357 km westwards from the Samoan island of Savai'i. (Pacific Scoop File image.)
Report – By Virginie Ribadeau Dumas.
In Wallis and Futuna, the atmosphere that reigned this past month was highly charged in electricity.
Yves Morault, Pacific associate CEO ....

Puissant séisme au Nord-est de Fidji, forte réplique en Nouvelle-Zélande

SUVA, mercredi 8 septembre 2010 (Flash d'Océanie) – L’activité sismique demeure intense dans le Pacifique Sud-ouest avec, mercredi, aux aurores, un puissant séisme de magnitude 6,3 sur l’échelle de Richter qui a frappé au Nord-est de Fidji, près de l’île de Vanua Levu, non loin des Wallis-et-Futuna, rapporte l’institut géophysique américain USGS. velle-Zélande

Puissant séisme au Nord-est de Fidji

SUVA, mercredi 8 septembre 2010 (Flash d'Océanie) – L’activité sismique demeure intense dans le Pacifique Sud-ouest avec, mercredi, aux aurores, un puissant séisme de magnitude 6,3 sur l’échelle de Richter qui a frappé au Nord-est de Fidji, près de l’île de Vanua Levu, non loin des Wallis-et-Futuna, rapporte l’institut géophysique américain USGS.

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