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Earthquake/Tsunami Watch! Magnitude 7.1 - BANDA SEA
USGS ^
| March 2, 2005
| USGS
Posted on 03/02/2005 2:41:32 PM PST by underwiredsupport
Magnitude 7.1 - BANDA SEA
2005 March 2 10:42:10 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
A major earthquake occurred at 10:42:10 (UTC) on Wednesday, March 2, 2005. The magnitude 7.1 event has been located in the BANDA SEA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
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Magnitude |
7.1 |
Date-Time |
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 10:42:10 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at 7:42:10 PM = local time at epicenter
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Location |
6.549°S, 129.878°E |
Depth |
191.3 km (118.9 miles) set by location program |
Region |
BANDA SEA |
Distances |
230 km (140 miles) NW of Saumlaki, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia 370 km (230 miles) SSE of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia 660 km (410 miles) N of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia 2550 km (1590 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia |
Location Uncertainty |
horizontal +/- 8.6 km (5.3 miles); depth fixed by location program |
Parameters |
Nst=109, Nph=109, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.29 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8 |
Source |
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) |
Event ID |
usvdam |
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TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: earthquake
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To: All
Well, anyway ...off to another adventure...attention span is pretty short around here so I just thing I'll go check some blogs!
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posted on
03/02/2005 7:39:32 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
To: IonImplantGuru
It was a series of 4 major quakes over about 2 months. Whats truly awesome about it is that the accounts say the ground was in continuous motion for the last 2-3 weeks between the two peak quakes, at times the land could be seen to be rolling in waves. Sounds biblical. Do a web search. Great reading.
62
posted on
03/03/2005 7:21:09 AM PST
by
dg62
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks much for the link to how things work!
63
posted on
03/03/2005 10:50:13 AM PST
by
handy
(Forgive me this day, my daily typos...The Truth is not a Smear!)
To: handy
A little too deep to cause a tsunami. Although 190km is not considered a "deep" quake (they can go as far as 800km), it would have to be huge at this depth to cause any significant damage.
I don't consider myself an "expert", but I learned a little after 20+ years as a seismologist.
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posted on
03/04/2005 7:04:17 AM PST
by
JSloth
To: handy
A little too deep to cause a tsunami. Although 190km is not considered a "deep" quake (they can go as far as 800km), it would have to be huge at this depth to cause any significant damage.
I don't consider myself an "expert", but I learned a little after 20+ years as a seismologist.
65
posted on
03/04/2005 7:07:25 AM PST
by
JSloth
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Well, in a few weeks time, I will be in Phuket, site of the
Tsunami, hope it doesn't happen again, but if it does, its God's will I guess.
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