Posted on 02/21/2005 7:20:50 PM PST by M. Espinola
Magnitude 6.4 - CENTRAL IRAN
2005 February 22 02:25:26 UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
A strong earthquake occurred at 02:25:26 (UTC) on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005. The magnitude 6.4 event has been located in CENTRAL IRAN. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 42 km (26 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
Magnitude 6.4 Date-Time Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 02:25:26 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 5:55:26 AM = local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 30.750°N, 56.801°E
Depth 42.4 km (26.3 miles)
Region CENTRAL IRAN
Distances
60 km (35 miles) NNW of Kerman, Iran
180 km (110 miles) NE of Sirjan, Iran
260 km (160 miles) ESE of Yazd, Iran
740 km (460 miles) SE of TEHRAN, Iran
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.9 km (4.9 miles); depth +/- 18.3 km (11.4 miles)
Parameters Nst= 79, Nph= 79, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.88 sec, Gp= 54°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usuvae
just wait till Bush throws down his WAR HAMMER!!!Then we'll see a few more things shaking....
I'm not a geologist or anything. But I have read my o-scope enough to tell the difference twixt an impulse (the sharp spike of energy caused by the nuke) and a building disturbance being brought back into control.
Shi'ite happens! Allahu fubar!
Thanks! I just love FR. You learn something new all the time.
Good for them!
TEHRAN, Iran A powerful earthquake shook central Iran on Tuesday, destroying villages and killing at least 30 people, state-run television reported.
An official in the city of Kerman said that the 6.4-magnitude quake killed at least 30 people and injured scores of others, according to the broadcast.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 35 miles from Kerman, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Kerman provincial governor Mohammad Ali Karimi was quoted by the TV station as saying that "several villages have been destroyed" by the earthquake.
It quoted the governor of Zarand, identified only as Rashidi, as saying that power in the region has been disrupted.
The broadcast said that rescuers were en route to several villages near Zarand.
A magnitude-6.6 quake in December 2003 flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam in the same region, killing 26,000 people. Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. It experiences at least one slight earthquake every day on average.
Not too much different than when a big bomb hits right outside....
WOW! ANOTHER WELL INFORMED FREEPER!
RIGHT YOU ARE!
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
Thanks.
'Etymology of the word Bam'
'About the origin of the word Bam, there are some links even to the mythical history of Iran, namely according to some sources Bam is metamorphosis of the word Bahman, which is the name of a king, about whom Ferdowsi (940? -1020?), the most renowned epic poet of Iran, narrates in his most famous work Shahnameh (The Book of Kings), written during 30 years (980-1010).'
'This epic, consisting of 60,000 verses, is the most ancient book written in modern Persian, in which Ferdowsi both crystalised the Persian language (long after when Arabic was spread in Iran consequently of the arrival of Islam), and gives an account for the 1. 5-millennium history of ancient Persia starting before Achemenids (the first Persian royal dynasty in the 7th century B.C.), i.e. from Pishdadids period, until the arrival of Islam in Iran, i.e. 641 A.D.. Bahman was the son of Esfandiyar who had fought against Rostam, one of the chief heroes in the Shahnameh.'
' As Ferdowsi epically narrates, Bahman fights against the son of Rostam, who was called Faramarz. A sandstorm hindered Faramarz and Bahman defeated him; as a triumph he built a fortress on the rock hill there, where the Bam Citadel is now situated.'
Interesting.
I'll add this to my "Just Bam!" list.
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