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Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
USGS Earthquake Hazards ^
| 2004 December 26 00:58:55 UTC
Posted on 12/25/2004 5:46:26 PM PST by 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.)
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![Small globe showing earthquake](/recenteqsww/Quakes/96_3_globe.jpg) ![Small map showing earthquake](http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/recent/at00000264_small.gif)
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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
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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
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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
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Event ID |
at00000264 |
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:46:26 PM PST
by
bd476
To: lainie; oceanperch; Darksheare; Quilla; SubMareener; Esther Ruth; kimchi lover; sf4dubya; ...
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:47:50 PM PST
by
bd476
To: bd476
I go Hmmm!
24 December 2004
SYDNEY - The worlds biggest earthquake in almost four years, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, struck off the coast of Australias southern island state of Tasmania on early Friday, but caused no damage or injury.
To: bd476
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:49:55 PM PST
by
bd476
To: bd476
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:50:28 PM PST
by
Rabid Dog
(Make a difference in your community - Join your local Free Republic Chapter!)
To: razorback-bert; Rabid Dog
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:52:30 PM PST
by
bd476
To: Rabid Dog
LOL! Indeed. Imagine that here... no please - forget I said that.
Merry Christmas! Hope all is well. We're freezing here - are you getting any of these chilly Santa Ana winds there?
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:54:00 PM PST
by
bd476
To: bd476
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:55:12 PM PST
by
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
To: bd476
A 3.2 in New Zealand three hours ago.
To: bd476
Earth Quake Magnitudes ------------------------------
Great = > 8
Major = 7 to 7.9
Strong = 6 to 6.9
Moderate = 5 to 5.9
Light = 4 to 4.9
Minor = Less than 3.9
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posted on
12/25/2004 5:57:37 PM PST
by
expatguy
(http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
To: bd476
11
posted on
12/25/2004 5:58:13 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: txflake
12
posted on
12/25/2004 6:03:12 PM PST
by
Ironclad
(O Tempora! O Mores!)
To: bd476
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:04:02 PM PST
by
mathprof
To: mathprof
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:07:03 PM PST
by
Arkie2
To: razorback-bert
but caused no damage or injury. There must not be any structures or life there.
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:07:37 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: txflake
Sh*t, that's huge. That would qualify as the 'understatement of the day'.
I've felt a 7. I'm in Las Vegas and that thing went off in So Cal. And I mean to tell ya - we FELT it! Hanging speakers whacking the wall, water sloshing out of the pool, etc.
Have you ever seen / read the first hand accounts of the big one in Alaska? Ground in continuous motion for 4 - 5 minutes, etc.?
I could not imagine being really close to something of that immense power. Hard for the mind to comprehend something like that, ya know?
LVM
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:08:03 PM PST
by
LasVegasMac
(Santa's sleigh is powered by an RYR motor.)
To: Arkie2
or a vast right conspiracy.
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:15:31 PM PST
by
Raffus
(Thanks to all Veterans for their service to our Country.)
To: mathprof
Well, Al Gore was planning a trip to Victoria, Texas to make a not-so-white Christmas Day speech to blame the general lack of snow cover on President Bush's global-warming policies. He missed that speech and an earlier speaking engagement in Cincinnati (to blame the general lack of blizzards on the President). He was unable to extricate his car from his Tennessee driveway--even with the help of his entire Secret Service detail--because of excessive ice accretion, which he would have blamed on the President's global-warming policy if the storm had not knocked out telephone service to his estate.
(sarcasm...really)
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:16:10 PM PST
by
dufekin
(Four more years! Liberals, learn: whiners are losers every time.)
To: bd476
Oh is THAT what that was? I thought my hugh sisinlaw fell down...LOL, snark...that's funny....
Tidal wave anyone?
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:17:49 PM PST
by
GRRRRR
(My Favorite Christmas Carols: "O Holy Night" and "Little Drummer Boy"...)
To: bd476
Here is what it looks like on the seismometer I watch in Utah (it's a honker)!!!:
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posted on
12/25/2004 6:18:40 PM PST
by
Lokibob
(All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
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