Earthquake measuring 8.2 reported off coast of Indonesia on same fault line as quake that caused December?s deadly tsunami. Details soon. (Developing story on www.cnn.com)
8.2 earthquake off coast of Indonesia - same fault line as before!
by Elsewhere 13 Replies latest jw friends
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Mary
Oh Jesus, not again!!!
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Elsewhere
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/indonesia.quake/index.html
Quake strikes off Indonesia coast
(CNN) -- An earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 struck off the coast of Indonesia Monday -- on the same fault line that originated a December 26 earthquake that launched a deadly tsunami.
The director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said scientists there feared another tsunami might hit the area.
Charles McCreary said he could not be certain that the quake, which was 30 km deep and 203 kilometer (126 miles) from Sibolga on Sumatra Island, would cause a tsunami.
"There is a potential for some wave activity," said Julie Martinez, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center, in Golden, Colorado.
Thailand issued a warning that the quake could bring a tsunami to its southern provinces.
The warning, which was carried on national television, cautioned people in the six provinces to be careful and vigilant, but did not order evacuations.
The quake occurred at 11:09 a.m. ET (1609 GMT), and is considered a "great" earthquake, the largest of seven grades.
The grades are very minor, minor, light, moderate, strong, major and great.
Tsunamis are distinguished from normal coastal surf by their great length and speed. A single wave in a tsunami series might be 160 kilometers (100 miles) long and race across the ocean at 960 kph (600 mph).
When it approaches a coastline, the wave slows dramatically, but it also rises to great heights because the enormous volume of water piles up in shallow coastal bays.
On December 26, a 9.0-magnitude quake triggered a massive tsunami that devastated Asian and African coastlines in nearly a dozen nations, killing at least 175,000 people.
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the_classicist
Didn't they orignally say the first one was aroudn a magnitude of 8? I'm watching the BBC and they don't have anything new yet, it's around 12am there.
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Mary
The warning, which was carried on national television, cautioned people in the six provinces to be careful and vigilant, but did not order evacuations.
Considering what happened in December, I'd think they'd order evacuations immediately. Better to be safe than sorry. What exactly are they waiting for?
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Bryan
They were just pointing out on the news, casually, that the last earthquake was the day after Christmas and this one is the day after Easter. If the earthquakes were in large Christian areas, Ben Ladin would probably be saying God is warning the Infedel! Crazy.
They say now the stunami threat has passed. Poor people, some still in tents from last quake.
Bryan
Have You Seen My Mother
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heathen
It didn't seem to matter last time , the moslem nations still called those that died infidels and deserving of Gods wrath . What an f'd up religion ...............
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minimus
It just proves we ARE living in the last days!
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Carmel
Heathen, not unlike Xtian, huh?
carmel
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tijkmo
did i miss something..did no muslims die in the tsunami