Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

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

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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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[BIGLOOK]

Looks like separate events. Heard 6.5 to 7.2 in Chittagong, Bangladesh, plus considering the time of the Sumatran event, seems they got a double whammy. Sea wave and quake.

[Quix]

Please see my reply to #109

[Central Scrutiniser]

Reuters: 2/3rds of the capital of Maldives, Male' is flooded, there is no high ground in the Maldives.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Lived on Guam 5 years and some people there did worry about tidal waves. The Northern end of the island is 700+ ft above sea level and the reef offers good protection. It's one of the safer islands compared to most others.

[Squantos]

I was south for just the Mayaguez incident and did most of my time in country at NKP up north.......a little R&R in Bangkok when they had one Patpong road. Beautiful place.

Sawadi Pooh Chi.....

[Strategerist]

If it's that bad in the Maldives, it's inconceivable to me that Diego Garcia didn't get damaged; wonder if it has occured to anyone with any of the major Snooze organizations to bother checking or asking the Pentagon.

The actual base and housing at Diego Garcia are on the west side of the atoll, though; hopefully the other side of the atoll and the lagoon attenuated it.

Sri Lanka is now reporting 419 dead and I'm sure that will go higher.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Bangkok is an amazing place, you never, ever know what awaits you on a night out in Patpong, or Soi Cowboy, or in Nana....

[Squantos]

Or the Superstar......

[Quix]

NO ONE

hereon has written such a thing

AND YOU KNOW IT.

[nhoward14]

Since morality is not a concept that can be universally agreed upon, i.e. many Christian denominations disagree on the definition of "morality", I fail to understand how anybody can be credible in trying to link natural, God-controlled phenomena to moral behaviors.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Latest from Phuket Gazette:

Tidal wave toll rises

PHUKET: An unconfirmed 22 people have died and more than 1,000 people have sought refuge at the Phuket Provincial Office in Phuket City after Phuket’s coast was swamped by a tidal surge caused by an earthquake off Sumatra this morning.

Waters off Phuket surged onto land, washing away homes on the east coast and causing damage at resorts all along the west coast.

The Gazette has received an unconfirmed report that 22 people have died, 19 of them were at Patong.

Patong resident and Gazette columnist Woody Leonard reported, “A giant wave went up the beach, at least as far up as Beach Rd … People were running from the beach as fast as they could. The beach is devastated … There were a lot of people on the beach, [and they were] swept away by the wave.”

The waters reached as far inland as the Club Andaman Resort, some 150 meters inland.

The Gazette received a separate report that several people at Kalim, in Thalang, were killed in the surge, though that report has yet to be confirmed.

Kawee Sukunthamath, Chief of the Phuket Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (ODPM), has told the Gazette that homes along the east and west coasts are being evacuated as a precaution in anticipation of an aftershock expected to arrive at about 3 pm.

A warning has been issued on local radio stations asking people to stay away from the beaches until further notice.

All flights inbound and outbound from Phuket International Airport have been canceled until further notice, and the Sarasin and Tao Thepkrasattri Bridges, the only roads on and off the island, have also been closed as a precaution

Wachira Phuket Hospital has reported two dead, both Thai, and has admitted 56 injured people, two of them foreigners.

At 11 am, Phuket International Hospital confirmed that at least 10 people had been admitted for serious injuries, and that many more were expected to arrive.

At Bangkok Phuket Hospital, many other injured people had been received, though a total could not be provided.

At Khao Khat, on the east coast, waters reached up to about 300 meters inland, washing coastal homes and vehicles away. People were holding on to whatever they could to stop from being swept away.

K. Kawee said that the tremors were also felt in Phang Nga, Ranong, Krabi, Trang and Pattani. The Gazette has received a report that the surge left a Royal Thai Navy ship at Tab Lamu naval base beached.

[ForGod'sSake]

Please see my reply to #109

Well Quix, I chased my tail a while and didn't find where you had replied to #109. Help me out here please?

FGS

[Quix]

It's very hazardous to try and read God's mind. Sometimes He tells us quite frankly. Sometimes He gives us puzzles to ponder and ask His help in solveing, explaining.

Often, we don't have much clue as to why this building of a Christian family was utterly destroyed and a similar building next door of another Christian family left untouched.

HOWEVER, AS EINSTEIN is reported to have said--GOD DOESN'T PLAY DICE WITH THE UNIVERSE.

And, I've found He doesn't play dice with individuals or families either. Whatever He allows into the lives of believers, is intended for Good AND WILL RESULT IN GOOD IF the individuals involved will turn to God and ask His help in the midst of it.

AND I KNOW that the worst tragedies often rescue people from even worse horrors because the tragedies DO WAKE PEOPLE UP and cause them to walk closer to God.

Compared to other options, WALKING CLOSER TO GOD IS ALWAYS WORTH IT.

I just think you were glib without thinking the factors, dynamics and issues through very far or very thoroughly.

[Periander]

USGS updated again...to 8.9 now....wow!!!

[steve86]

To the contrary, morality is absolute whether people agree or not.

I do believe that any natural event occurs with God's permission, and some may impart punishment. This one seems a little too non-selective to me, with Buddhists and Hindus suffering, for example.

[ForGod'sSake]

Lived on Guam 5 years and some people there did worry about tidal waves. The Northern end of the island is 700+ ft above sea level and the reef offers good protection.

Five years, huh? Almost a native.

When I talked to my son in law I asked him just how high he thought they were and he said at least a couple hundred feet above sea level. Resting easier even though the chance of a big wave hitting there are pretty slim. Thanks.

FGS

[BurbankKarl]

You listening to C2C? great replays tonight

[Quix]

Your accusations are off the wall.

Your accusations are askew from anything I've written.

Your attitude is meaner toward me than what you accuse me of.

Do you suffer terminal cognative dissonance? I think I'd be even more concerned if you said no!

[BurbankKarl]

there is really a town called PHUKET? Newsies better be careful about that one of the FCC will come down on them.

[Quix]

Your sideways snide assaulta are no more kosher than your other type assaults.

But they do reveal a considerable amount about your underlying heart attitude.