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]

THANKS. U2.

[Quix]

You're sooooooooooo sweet.

And your cheekiniess easily reaches Olympic proportions.

[Quix]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

and all your biases are soooooooooooooooooo perfect!


Rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht.

[Netizen]

talking about God affirming authentic Christians/congregations.

That says it all right there! lol Authentic 'christian congregations'. That is akin to saying that only christians are authentic.

[Iwentsouth]

Tought to believe it is upgraded to 8.9?

[Quix]

I wouldn't even say that.

I'd only say that SOME Christians are authentically in Love with God.

But, IF you had actually read what I've written above,

IT IS CONCEIVABLE

that you'd have noticed that I also construed it that ANYONE OF ANY ORIENTATION AT ALL COULD AUTHENTICALLY SEEK GOD and therefore should be blessed, protected etc.

But no, you had rather have a knee-JERKY reaction to the fact that it's me saying anything--form your own distortions and wholesale falsehoods about what I'd said and then rail at those. No doubt that's much more fun in a kind of sadistic, off the wall way.

Sheesh.

At least I understand a great deal more about the concept of integrity and Netizen. Thanks for that. It's always better to be forewarned for the next time.

[ForGod'sSake]

This is almost surreal. The best, and almost only information I'm able to get is over the web. The times they are a'changing. Still nothing on Diego Garcia and this wave should have reached at least to the seychelles by now.

FGS

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I've known the Richter scale isn't the best way to measure earthquake's effects from personal experience. Was on Guam in a 5.4. No real damage happened as it was just one wave. No pre shocks or after shocks, just an up and a down. I thought is was an explosion due to no shaking. The duration was only a couple of seconds. I've seen 5.4 earthquakes do damage in other areas because they had some duration. The Richter scale ignores that.

[Netizen]

I don't really care to read your posts, but thought I'd post your need for that 'christian' label of authenticity.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Fox News now reports the death toll is in the hundreds and may top 1000. They say 100,000 people are homeless, and that's just in Indonesia.

[rwfromkansas]

it is absolutely maddening that CBS etc. haven't broken into programming.

If I was a network news exec, at the very least, this is worthy of crawls on the bottom of the screen like what CBS did when news of Princess Diana's wreck came across the wire.

I would be very tempted to break into programming for a special report though, quite frankly. This is not small news....it is huge even though it is far away.

[Netizen]

Netizen - I think there are good and bad people in all faiths and that G-d knows what He is looking for and that the 'label' of their faith isn't the issue.

Quix - Actually, that's a significant part of what I said. Guess I'm not tooooo surprised you chose to fail to understand my English.

Quix - But I haven't written A SINGLE THING ABOUT THAT NOR IMPLIED ANYTHING ABOUT THAT ON THIS THREAD other than talking about God affirming authentic Christians/congregations.

Netizen - I had pointed out how I thought 'label's for one's faith was NOT what G-d cared about, you said you agreed, then proceeded to wave that label that signified that you and your labeled group are the only right and authentic ones!

[dandelion]

I am praying deep into the night for the survivors of this terrible quake. I had epected tsunami, but not as widespread as this seems to be.

God help these people, and may we help them as well...

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Wow. A picture's worth a thousand words.

I've been on top of a 7.1. I thought we were all dead. Every day's a gift.

[Petronski]

Isn't each 0.1 greater = 10 X the energy?

Not quite. The Richter magnitude is the power of 10. Thus, a 7 is 10 times stronger than a 6, 100 times stronger than a 5, etc.

I believe a .8 climb in Richter magnitude makes the quake 8 times stronger than earlier believed.

[ForGod'sSake]

it is absolutely maddening that CBS etc. haven't broken into programming.

Ain't it the truth. I wonder if we haven't become a little spoiled by the web? We get breaking news on the web sometimes hours ahead of the "old" media, but yet we wait for them to catch up to put the "official" stamp on it. Curious in a way. Seems we've grown accustomed to their face.

FGS

[oceanperch]

OH MY GOD!

[ForGod'sSake]

Tidal Waves Kill More Than 700 in Asia

[Dr. Eckleburg]

8.9???

I've never even heard of an 8.9.

The following site says the largest quakes have been 8.8-8.9, and that on average, only one 8+ earthquake occurs per year.

Richter Scale

Prayers for all those who felt the earth move.

[capitan_refugio]

Sometimes it depends how far away you are from the epicenter of the earthquake. Having lived through several here in Southern California, and having interviewed those who experienced the quakes, I can vouch that the same quake is "felt" by different people differently.

Take the 1994 Northridge earthquake, for example. There are people who absolutely swear the quake shook them around for at least one minute. Other people report a sharp jolt that woke them up, but only lasted for a few seconds. The seismometer records show local shaking for about 20 seconds.