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6.9 Earthquake in Indonesia (Developing)
MSNBC ^

Posted on 02/18/2005 5:35:49 PM PST by dogbyte12

Early reports of a 6.9 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra.

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KEYWORDS: earthquake; indonesia
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To: Judith Anne
USGS has it at 6.5 now.

65 km (40 miles) W of Baubau, Sulawesi, Indonesia
285 km (180 miles) E of Ujung Pandang, Sulawesi, Indonesia
1230 km (760 miles) NW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
1695 km (1050 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

21 posted on 02/18/2005 5:49:04 PM PST by steve86
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To: numberonepal

"Confirmed on Fox" is an oxymoron.

NEIC (most reliable source) has a 6.5 quake off Sulawesi. It's in Indonesia but nowhere near Sumatra.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2005/usurbm/

Offshore enough it likely hasn't had much effect on anything. And such quakes don't produce tsunamis.


22 posted on 02/18/2005 5:49:15 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: MamaLucci

Yes, I think that was scheduled for this weekend. I think they are to arrive in Sri Lanka on Sunday.


23 posted on 02/18/2005 5:49:58 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Nathan Zachary

There have been an ENORMOUS number of aftershocks of the 9.3 quake off Sumatra.

This wasn't one of them though; totally different fault system and hundreds of miles away.


24 posted on 02/18/2005 5:50:01 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: dogbyte12

The area affected (and likely minimally affected) by this quake was completely unaffected by the 9.3 Quake and tsunami.


25 posted on 02/18/2005 5:50:41 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: dogbyte12

The area affected (and likely minimally affected) by this quake was completely unaffected by the 9.3 Quake and tsunami.


26 posted on 02/18/2005 5:50:41 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: MamaLucci

I think they will be there next week.


27 posted on 02/18/2005 5:50:42 PM PST by hansel
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To: dogbyte12

Wonder how much this one is gonna cost us?

Wonder if we will send the Abe Lincoln back to help after they told us to get lost a few weeks ago?

Anyway you know it's Bush's fault.


28 posted on 02/18/2005 5:51:12 PM PST by 76834
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To: dogbyte12

I heard it earlier. 6.9 is big. And it usually gets bigger depending on damage and length of the EQ. Hopefully, people have learned from the last EQ. The tsunamis are more of the killer than the EQ.


29 posted on 02/18/2005 5:52:29 PM PST by Slip18 (EQ)
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To: BearWash

Thank you for the information. I appreciate it.


30 posted on 02/18/2005 5:52:39 PM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: Strategerist

Thanks, other than a few right after the big one, I haven't heard anything mentioned of them. Too far out to be felt I guess.


31 posted on 02/18/2005 5:54:18 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: Strategerist

THANK YOU!


32 posted on 02/18/2005 5:54:45 PM PST by Slip18 (EQ)
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To: Strategerist

Near the volcano?


33 posted on 02/18/2005 5:58:16 PM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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To: hansel; anniegetyourgun

Good, thanks.


34 posted on 02/18/2005 6:02:09 PM PST by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: MamaLucci
Here's what Reuter's has to say:EQ
35 posted on 02/18/2005 6:03:50 PM PST by Slip18
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To: Slip18
Not really, In Banda-aceh, the damage was mostly from the quake, not the water. The entire city was largely destroyed by the quake if you look at the pics on the tsunami page. You can see from the pics how the water damaged the shorelines of some places, but because Banda-aceh was so close to the epicenter, the damage goes throughout the whole city. They kinda got it bad from both, it was completely leveled.
36 posted on 02/18/2005 6:04:49 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: Nathan Zachary

I stand corrected. I'm from So. Cal. and have been through a few big ones myself. Just going by experience, which is not always correct.


37 posted on 02/18/2005 6:06:14 PM PST by Slip18
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To: mewzilla

Since there are over 150 different volcanoes that have erupted in Indonesia within the last 10,000 years, almost everywhere in Indonesia is near a volcano. :-)


38 posted on 02/18/2005 6:08:13 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: Nathan Zachary

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

click on above and see


39 posted on 02/18/2005 6:09:23 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (The truth is like sex, it is a highly personal thing.)
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To: Slip18

That's one thing I have never experienced, is what a quake feels like, I'm never in the right place at the right time. (which is probably a good thing) Other than feeling real big bombs going off, The earth beneath my feet has been stable.


40 posted on 02/18/2005 6:10:30 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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