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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[Netizen]

I was talking about authentic Christians vs inauthentic Christians.

But yes, I do believe that Jesus is the Only way to God. Your argument is with Him on that score. He was either who He said He was, or He was an idiot.

You're still hung up on labels.

John 20:17
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.

Jesus makes no distinction between himself and the others. You left another option out of your choices. Someone may have attributed words to Jesus that he didn't say.

[null and void]

Just contacted a coworker who has family in coastal south India. She didn't know about the 'quake/tsunami. She's checking now. Please join me in prayer for Laksmhi's family.

[Ditter]

"Women and children hardest hit."

All kidding aside I am saying a prayer for those who are hurt.

[Netizen]

Interesting data on Diego Garcia. Thanks for posting it.

[Netizen]

My rebellion is against people like you, but G-d will take of things in due time.

[null and void]

incindiary ping!

[Diddle E. Squat]

Hey, another ironic juxtaposition. Two can't be a mere coincidence, clearly God is telling you something...

[Central Scrutiniser]

I just heard there are 60 dead in Krabi, where I was about 3 weeks ago. Because of the time of the day, I am fairly certain that the dive boats I was on are lost, as were the ones out of Phuket that I have dove off of many times.

I'm stunned.

[hedgetrimmer]

An Indian Coast Guard helicopter searches for missing fishermen after a tsunami hit the southern Indian city of Madras December 26, 2004. Wailing relatives gathered around dozens of bodies on beaches in southern India on Sunday after a tidal wave triggered by an earthquake in distant Indonesia killed about 2,000 people. REUTERS/Babu

[hedgetrimmer]

A view of the damage caused by a tsunami at a beach in Phuket, about 535 miles south of Bangkok, Dec. 26, 2004. The wave was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean and it tossed cars around like toys on Thailand's southern tourist playground on Sunday and swept into luxury hotels on Phuket Island, killing at least 120 people in the region, officials said. (Reuters)

[Central Scrutiniser]

His Majesty's grandson among those missing

Published on Dec 26 , 2004

BANGKOK, Dec 26 (The Nation) - Khum Bhumi Jensen, the son of Prince Ubolrattana and the grandson of His Majesty the King, is among many people still unaccounted for, according to a radio message broadcast from Phuket.

An unnamed source working for the provincial authorities confirmed the missing-person radio bulletin, which was broadcast at the order of provincial governor Udomsak Assawarangkool. Khun Bhumi, 21, was last seen in Takua Pa district in Phang Nga province before the tsunami struck Sunday morning.

Scary stuff, it coulda been me...

[hedgetrimmer]

Boats are slammed into shops on shore after the area was hit by tidal waves at Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed coastlines across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 500 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand. The U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) said the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia is the largest in the world in 40 years. (AP Photo/Karim Khamzin)

[hedgetrimmer]

Its very scary. Its weird, but most of the people who drowned are that shown in the photos look like they are sleeping.


The scene at the Marina beach in Madras, India, after tidal waves hit the region. From hardest-hit Sri Lanka to resort islands in Thailand, holidaymakers from Britain described the destruction caused when tidal waves triggered by a powerful earthquake off Indonesia hit their resorts, in messages to radio, television stations and news agencies back home.(AFP)


Residents and tourists fleeing from a wave approaching the coast of Phuket, Thailand. From hardest-hit Sri Lanka to resort islands in Thailand, holidaymakers from Britain described the destruction caused when tidal waves triggered by a powerful earthquake off Indonesia hit their resorts, in messages to radio, television stations and news agencies back home.(AFP/Thai TV via Euronews)

[Mercat]

In Peru there's Lake Titicaca. The Peruvians think the name is hysterical. A great love of word play, especially if it involves bodily functions. My sister in law who lived there for 17 years, got a pedometer for Christmas - ped is slang for fart. :-D

[pinz-n-needlez]

N&V, I have a friend who lives in Kerala, please ping me or freep me if you learn of any specifics from there. I don't remember the name of the town she's near, but could probably find it on a map. I'm going to get my atlas now.

Thanks,
Pinz

[capitan_refugio]

When you talk about monitoring very large earthquaks, like this one, from stations all over the world, there are a variety of wavepaths that need to be considered. some of the measurements are from waves that have traveled through the core of the earth, reflecting and refracting off of the differnet layers.

The P-waves (compressional waves, like a sound wave) can travel through both solids and non-solids (like the molten outer core). S-waves (shear waves) can only travel through solids, so wave path solutions "image" the boundary layer of the outer core. It will take several days of computing to sort out all of the data.

[capitan_refugio]

10 meter displacement is massive - no wonder there was an ocean basin-wide tsunami. By way of comparison, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 had a maximium lateral offset of about 6 meters and the Fort Tejon (southern California) earthquake of 1857 have a vertical and lateral offset of about 9 meters.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Pinz, lots of reports from Kerala and all over this disaster at BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/4126255.stm

[capitan_refugio]

"How long after the earthquake did it take the tsunamis to hit?"

It depends on what causes the tsunami. This one appears to be spawned by seafloor displacement at the time of the earthquakes. A recent tsunami (couple of years ago) which hit the south coast of Indonesia was caused by an underwater landslide which occurred several hours after the earthquake - which undoubtedly "loosened up" the land mass prior to the slide.