SUMATRA QUAKE REVISED TO 9.0 MAG

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[Brian Mosely]

Magnitude 9.0 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
2004 December 26 00:58:50 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A great earthquake occurred at 00:58:50 (UTC) on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The magnitude 9.0 event has been located OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude		9.0
Date-Time	Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 00:58:50 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 6:58:50 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	3.298°N, 95.779°E
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region		OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
Distances	250 km (155 miles) SSE of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia 320 km (200 miles) W of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia 1260 km (780 miles) SSW of BANGKOK, Thailand 1605 km (1000 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
	Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 9.2 km (5.7 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst=157, Nph=157, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.35 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
	Event ID	usslav
Felt Reports	At least 3,000 people killed in Sri Lanka, 2,300 in India, 2,000 in Indonesia, 289 in Thailand, 42 in Malaysia, 8 in Somalia and 2 in Bangladesh by tsunamis. Tsunamis also occurred on the coasts of Maldives and Cocos Island. At least 200 people killed, buildings destroyed or damaged in the Banda Aceh area, Sumatra. Felt widely in Sumatra. Also felt in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. This is now the fourth largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and is the largest since the 1964 Prince William Sound, Alaska earthquake.

Today's shallow, thrust-type earthquake occurred off the west coast of northern Sumatra at the interface between the India and Burma plates. In this region, the Burma plate is characterized by significant strain partitioning due to oblique convergence of the India and Australia plates to the west and the Sunda and Eurasian plates to the east. Off the west coast of northern Sumatra, the India plate is moving in a northeastward direction at about 5 cm per year relative to the Burma plate. Preliminary locations of larger aftershocks following today's earthquake show that approximately 1000 km of the plate boundary slipped as a result of the earthquake. Aftershocks are distributed along much of the shallow plate boundary between northern Sumatra (approximately 3 degrees north) to near Andaman Island (at about 14 degrees north).

[commonguymd]

Looks like it is reporting weather. That is a good sign.

[nuconvert]

Yup. I saw it. Thanks.

[Yaelle]

I read your post and at first thought only one person was missing -- but you are saying that only ONE operator is actually missing 800 souls so far?? Prayers for all these people.

[DollyCali]

wow. . a horseshoe shaped island !! the photo looks like a clip of paradise

[jimbo123]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=2159

Diego Garcia, Ocean Islands

Current Nearest Observations:
N/A N/A°C
N/A Relative Humidity (%): N/A,
Pressure (mB): N/A, ,
Visibility: N/A

[U S Army EOD]

Well just wing him a little bit and while he is rolling around on the floor in pain, run over and change the channels. If you are a good shot, shoot the romote out of his hand.

If you do this, you can have your own thread on Freeper that will last for two or three days.

[Bahbah]

LOL.

[Cobra64]

I'm personally gonna avoid all politics on this thread. This seems like one of those "unite all people cuz we're humans" moments.

I'm with you on that sentiment. Just going to observe...

[Dr. Eckleburg]

wow. . a horseshoe shaped island !! the photo looks like a clip of paradise

Let's pray it still is.

[TheDon]

I also wonder about any of our Navy vessels in the area.

[missyme]

I agree CA is way over-due....I think a 9.0 would definetly cause San Francisco to become an Island

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks, EOD. I know a powder man here but he only uses TNT and nitro. Never had to use slurry explosives, never had to make a hole that big.

Danang, RVN 69-71.E/W A/C Headed north daily. But I really appreciate you guys for the few road trips we made.

[Cobra64]

Would you be interested in some nice beach front property in Nebraska by any chance?

Too many salt swamps aroufn Lincoln. Worked on a project there about 10 years ago for Smith-Kline Beecham Animal Health Laboratories.

[U S Army EOD]

And I am going to try my best to stay serious about this and not crack too many jokes. Buttttt.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I just sent the Diego Garcia FAO and email. Lets cross our fingers.

Please, keep us posted. Thanks.

[U S Army EOD]

Better be glad you weren't there in 1972 during the Easter Offensive if you were trying to head north.

[Cobra64]

Do you think the Navy got all personnel off the island, on board ships to ride out the tsunami?

[Yaelle]

How much heads up did they get?

[Ciexyz]

Most distressing news, a 9.0 mag quake with tsunamis. A net friend of mine just got back from a vacation in Thailand. This tragedy boggles the mind.

[commonguymd]

They have oparea forecasts up as well. Seas seem fine.

https://207.133.112.31/