[Truth666]

Thousands of residents in Palu ran to higher ground after the quake, witnesses and police said. Most of the patients at the city's main Undata hospital fled the building, said Dr Riri Lamadjido

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Prayers for the earth to settle down.

[bd476]

Magnitude 6.3 - NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2005 January 24 04:16:48 UTC

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

A strong earthquake occurred at 04:16:48 (UTC) on Monday, January 24, 2005. The magnitude 6.3 event has been located in the NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	6.3
Date-Time	Monday, January 24, 2005 at 04:16:48 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, January 24, 2005 at 9:46:48 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	7.375°N, 92.453°E
Depth	30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program
Region	NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
Distances	120 km (75 miles) SW of Misha, Nicobar Islands, India 380 km (235 miles) WNW of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia 1125 km (700 miles) SW of BANGKOK, Thailand 2835 km (1770 miles) SE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.2 km (3.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst=147, Nph=147, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.87 sec, Gp= 65°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	ustrad

[bd476]

Magnitude 6.3 - SULAWESI, INDONESIA
2005 January 23 20:10:12 UTC

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

A strong earthquake occurred at 20:10:12 (UTC) on Sunday, January 23, 2005. The magnitude 6.3 event has been located in SULAWESI, INDONESIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	6.3
Date-Time	Sunday, January 23, 2005 at 20:10:12 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, January 24, 2005 at 4:10:12 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	1.250°S, 119.794°E
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	SULAWESI, INDONESIA
Distances	40 km (25 miles) SSW of Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia 330 km (205 miles) E of Balikpapan, Kalimantan, Indonesia 430 km (270 miles) N of Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi, Indonesia 1545 km (960 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 11.5 km (7.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst= 45, Nph= 45, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.25 sec, Gp= 58°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	ustqar

[risk]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/ustqar.htm
(pretty much the same as the above post)

[johniegrad]

What's the over and under for how long it takes the first Islamic cleric to claim this is a work of God?

[jimtorr]

This is just another aftershock, I suppose. Of course, quakes of this magnitude were common in that area even before the big one last month.

[RaceBannon]

major bump

[montag813]

No sympathy for Muslim dictatorships.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

It's all Bush's "fault" (pun sort of intended)!

[sully777]

Are they remaining aftershocks of a settling plate

-OR-

The ramp up to new activity?

[Bean Counter]

I wonder if this is another aftershock from the Dec 26 quake. The rupture on the tectonic plate under Indonesia was so huge, there are bound to be more large aftershocks as things settle down.

[SunkenCiv]

Gosh, I didn't realize that the US and Israel had tested another atomic bomb. [sarcasm alert!]

[GOP_1900AD]

6.1 really is not that big of a deal.