Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

USGS Earthquake Hazards ^ | 2004 December 26 00:58:55 UTC

[bd476]

Magnitude 8.1 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
2004 December 26 00:58:55 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

A great earthquake occurred at 00:58:55 (UTC) on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The magnitude 8.1 event has been located OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	8.1
Date-Time	Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 00:58:55 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 6:58:55 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	3.400°N, 95.700°E
Depth	40 km (24.9 miles) set by location program
Region	OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
Distances	235 km (145 miles) S of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia 330 km (205 miles) W of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia 1620 km (1000 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia 3405 km (2120 miles) SE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
Location Uncertainty	Error estimate not available
Parameters	Nst=020, Nph=020, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp=101°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1
Source	West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Event ID	at00000264

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[Quix]

Dear Ones,

THANKS TONS FOR PRAYING FOR MY MISSIONARY ETC. FRIENDS IN THE AFFLICTED AREA. *BOTH* GROUPS OF THEM ARE OK.

> Your prayers may well have prevented the first family from succeeding in getting a flight to the Thai beach which they usually go to immediately after Christmas. THAT BEACH TURNS OUT TO HAVE BEEN THE WORST HIT IN THAILAND. Some of their missionary friends and colleagues are still missing. Prayers still fitting for them. Here's their edited msg:

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Thank you for your prayers and care. Yes we were at a beach but in the gulf of Thailand where there weren't any effects felt from the earthquake. HUBBY mentioned "God must want us around a bit longer" since we usually, on our holiday, head for that same part, Khao Lak, just north of Phuket, where the most damage was felt. A lot of swedes & norway people are still missing in that area. It was God's amazingly provision as HUBBY couldn't find plane seats for us for Phuket or else we have had most likely headed to Khao Lak, my favorite beach, on the 26 or 27th at the latest.

We did have a special 3 days with [oldest son] at the beach in Koh Chang, then one night in Bangkok and today early he left back to Milwaukee and we drove back 9 hrs. to Northern Thailand.

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The 2nd message from the family closer to the traumas will take a long time to sanitize. Not sure when I'll get to it. Basically, they were on a very strongly hit island but the waves stopped essentially at the road and against the wall of their yard--which held. The poor house across the road was trashed and they are ministering to a lot of locals supporting their camping out in their walled yard etc. Prayers for the W's would still be good in behalf of their ministry in their socially and naturally hazardous area.

THANKS TONS. PRAISE GOD FOR THEIR SURVIVAL AND WELFARE. GOD'S MERCY AND BLESSINGS ON THE SURVIVORS AND ESPECIALLY HIS COMFORT FOR THE BEREAVED.

THANKS SOOOO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND CONCERN.

LUB, LUB, LUB, Quix

[oceanperch]

Thanks for the update Quix.

[Quix]

FOR SURE.

And you for your prayers and caring! These are all very precious people and potent in behalf of The Kingdom.

[bd476]

Praise the Lord! That is wonderful news Quix! Thank you for brightening up New Years a bit. :)

[Quix]

SURE! AMEN! PRAISE GOD

FROM WHOM ALL GOOD THINGS FLOW.

[Alamo-Girl]

PRAISE GOD!!! Thank you for the update. Prayers continue.

[steve86]

I missed the earlier messages but that's great news and I'll send my prayers now.

[Quix]

Thanks much. Greatly appreciate the prayers. and while we're at it . . . perhaps this would be worth some prayerful pondering, too:

From a former ambassador level Embassy staff person (European) in Asia:

I had an experience yesterday: The Lord asked me to pray in the Holy Spirit, like he sometimes does and I was crying a lot while praying in tongues. I asked the Lord over and over to have mercy., to open their hearts, to make them understand.

Then I asked the Lord to show me what the prayer was about in His word and I opened in Ezekiel ch. 6. While I was reading, the Holy Spirit impressed me that it was about the US. I think it means that it is too late for mercy.

We must pray more.

Have a blesed new year.

Love, B

[stlnative]

NEW ASIA QUAKE

Magnitude 6.5 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
2005 January 1 06:25:44 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: A strong earthquake occurred OFF THE WEST COAST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA about 345 km (215 miles) west of Banda Aceh or about 2025 km (1260 miles) northwest of Jakarta at 11:25 PM MST, Dec 31, 2004 (Jan 01 at 1:25 PM local time in western Indonesia). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time.



http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_stak_nr.html

[MissAmericanPie]

This picture more accurately portrays the new bulge at the equator that no one can figure out or predict it's effects on the earth.

[stlnative]

Aftershocks can trigger quake in Assam, US scientists caution

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1178741,001301540006.htm

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, January 1, 2005|13:50 IST

Aftershocks of last week's killer quake off Sumatra are moving northwards and can potentially trigger a major earthquake in Assam, scientists in the United States have cautioned the Indian government.

The scientists at the Center for Earth Observing and Space Research in George Mason University in Virginia, who have been analysing the seismic data since December 26, have found the aftershocks moving towards north along 90-degree Ridge.

"If the sequence of these aftershocks moves further north then it may trigger a very big earthquake in Assam region, which is expected by the scientists since long time," Ramesh P Singh, a member of the team and Vice Chairman of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Risk Commission said.

Singh said that the magnitude-5 earthquake on December 30 near Myanmar reported by the US Geological Survey was probably caused by the aftershocks.

Its epicentre falls on the trajectory of the aftershocks.

[bd476]

Great find and update, Brigette. I had hopes that the trend to decreasing aftershocks and quakes would continue. There was a 6.1 quake earlier, but I was hoping that that was a fluke.

A 6.5 quake is big.

Here's the corresponding US West Coast time this latest quake hit:

Friday, December 31, 2004 at 10:25:44 PM (PST) - Pacific Standard (Los Angeles, Vancouver, Tijuana)

[bd476]

Oh how I wish you had not pointed that out. I want to say that that is just a graphic, because it is, but if you look close enough, there does appear to be a bulge.

[stlnative]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/01/content_2405853.htm

Asian Tsunamis disaster ¡¡

¡¡ BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted sea area west of Indonesia's Sumatra Islands on Saturday afternoon, the State Seismological Bureau of China said here.

The tremor took place at 14:25 (Beijing Time) at 5.2 degrees north latitude and 92.3 degrees east longitude.

The quake site is about 410 kilometers from the epicenter of the earthquake, which measured 8.7 on the Richter scale and rocked the sea area northwest of the islands on Dec. 26. Enditem

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Not sure if this is the same one USGS reported as a 6.5, but I think it is. China is saying it was a 7.0

[ForGod'sSake]

How's this?

FGS

[bd476]

Thanks Brigette. The USGS site still shows the quake to be a 6.5, and the NEIC site is consistent with that magnitude.

It's possible that the Chinese have another reading. It's also possible for Xinhua.net to exaggerate a tiny bit every now and then. They are pretty quick though on breaking news. :)

[ForGod'sSake]

I want to say that that is just a graphic, because it is, but if you look close enough, there does appear to be a bulge.

Help me out. What am I missing here?

FGS

[YaYa123]

Couldn't help but notice your # 21 question, and be impressed at how early on you feared, what I didn't even know was a threat.

[MissAmericanPie]

The unexplained bulge at the equator is factual and has scientist wondering what it's implications are for our environment. They need to do a little bible reading to understand that eventually the earth is going to wobble and reel on it's axis like a drunkard and the days will be shortened because man would not be able to survive the power surge that is due to eventually hit us from the sun.