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Large Quake
« on: Mar 28th, 2005, 12:13pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Another large earthquake (8.2-8.5 magnitude) has been reported off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.    Time: 11AM Eastern
 
Facts are slim since it it nighttime in that area, but seismologists say it could have caused another tsunami, probably with the energy going south from the rupture.
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« Reply #1 on: Mar 28th, 2005, 12:15pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
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, Colo.  
 
The quake occurred at 1109 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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eported, news that prompted an immediate tsunami warning by another U.S. agency.  
 
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The earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.2, "has the potential to generate a widely destructive tsunami in the ocean or seas near the earthquake," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned. It advised "immediate action" including "evacuation of coasts within a thousand kilometers (600 miles) of the epicenter and close monitoring to determine the need for evacuation further away."  
 
Thai officials were among the first to issue a tsunami warning for the Andaman Sea, an area that saw widespread devastation from a tsunami on Dec. 26, caused by a 9.0 earthquake in the region.  
 
No reports of injury or damage had been received from the region.  
 
Monday's quake epicenter was just off the northern Sumatra coast and between two smaller islands, and located 18.6 miles underground. It occurred at around 11 p.m. local time.  
 
The Dec. 26 quake was also off the coast of Sumatra and just north of Monday's quake
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« Reply #3 on: Mar 28th, 2005, 2:01pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
ABC news just reported that many people were buried by the earthquake by buildings toppling.  But they feel that there is no danger of another tsunami.
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« Reply #4 on: Mar 28th, 2005, 7:08pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Thank goodness there was no tsunami, but now I'm wondering why it didn't cause one?   Same general area as the first one, and now up to  an 8.7.   I guess some news pundit in the next few days will cover that question.
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