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8.2 earthquake registered off Sumatra
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| tjpatel |
Magnitude is nearly as large as tsunami quake
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 11:55 a.m. ET March 28, 2005
A large earthquake was registered Monday off Indonesia's Sumatra Island, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, describing it as a "great earthquake" with a magnitude of 8.2 on the Richter scale.
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No reports had been received from the region. The Dec. 26 quake that launched the massive tsunami was a 9.0, the USGS said.
Monday's quake epicenter was reported 150 miles southwest of Medan in northern Sumatra, and located at 18.6 miles underground. It occured at around 11 p.m. local time. |
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| Ian^ |
| guy on channel here says it was 8.5. needless to say it's scary to see if anything like tsunamis come from it |
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| Ian^ |
irc flash
[ø] NewsFlash: Earthquake measuring 8.2 reported off coast of Indonesia on same fault line as quake that caused December’s deadly tsunami. U.S. agency urges evacuations along coasts of countries on Indian Ocean due to tsunami fears after 8.2 earthquake. Details soon. -- http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiap...uake/index.html |
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| Redd |
| just heard as well, scary. |
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| Ian^ |
| news here just said that if no tsunami occurs within 3 hours on the nearest coasts, then the risk is virtually zero |
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| butterfly |
| does the earth always move this much or has it just been in the news more lately? my bf watched a really good program last night about the earthquake potential in the SF bay area. they're saying we are expecting a big one in the next 30 years (which is kind of vague, IMO) but there were at least 4 little quakes in CA this weekend... |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian^
news here just said that if no tsunami occurs within 3 hours on the nearest coasts, then the risk is virtually zero |
Well, if it happened in Sumatra, and so far no tsunamis were reported, I think the chances of seeing it again are low. |
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| Ian^ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Well, if it happened in Sumatra, and so far no tsunamis were reported, I think the chances of seeing it again are low. |
aye, i guess there's more caution now though, esp in the asian regions where the faults are very active. We shall see anyway, but the world seems ed up atm, global warming ? I don't know, but even here we had snow then 2 weeks later 20 degrees celcius & so on, everything seems ed up |
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| TranceMuzik02 |
USGS info:
| quote: | Magnitude 8.2
Date-Time Monday, March 28, 2005 at 16:09:37 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Monday, March 28, 2005 at 11:09:37 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 2.093°N, 97.016°E
Depth 30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program
Region NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances
205 km (125 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
245 km (150 miles) SW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
535 km (330 miles) WSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
1410 km (880 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.1 km (3.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 65, Nph= 65, Dmin=535.9 km, Rmss=0.85 sec, Gp= 61°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usweax |
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| Billche |
| Ouch. I really hope it ends up ok over there. They havent even begun to recover from the last one :( |
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| montana |
| i hope everything turns out ok and there will not be no large ammount of casualties like the big one in december. |
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