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Posted on 08/16/2009 4:39:00 AM PDT by rdl6989
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful underwater earthquake struck western Indonesia on Sunday, injuring four people as they tried to flee, officials said.
Indonesia's meteorological and geophysics agency said no tsunami warning was issued.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered magnitude 6.7, after initially measuring it at 7.0. It struck at 2:38 p.m. (0738 GMT) and was centered at a depth of 28 miles (45 kilometers) under the Indian Ocean seabed, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) west-southwest of the city of Padang on Sumatra island, it said.
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Yowsers!
A reminder to all my friends, I am EAST of the quake, way east, and didn’t feel it.
Independence Day tomorrow! Pray for peace.
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Is it just my imagination or have there been a rash of such quakes recently . . . above average?
I was thinking the same thing. An awful lot of big quakes in a short time.
Seems like it to me but I haven’t been checking closely.
Thx.
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