Indonesia - Sumatra Earthquake - Evacuations Under way (Update - 8.5 quake )

Dow Jones News | 3/28/05

[Petronski]

bump

[Bahbah]

Whole lotta shakin' goin on in that area? I hope it's revised down and not up.

[Robe]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/world_moll.gif LAST HOUR

[JustRight]

MSNBC Breaking Headline: Earthquake of 8.2 reported in Indonesia. Check back for more details.

[Constitution Day]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usweax.htm

Magnitude 8.2 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2005 March 28 16:09:37 UTC

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

A great earthquake occurred at 16:09:37 (UTC) on Monday, March 28, 2005. The magnitude 8.2 event has been located in NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	8.2
Date-Time	Monday, March 28, 2005 at 16:09:37 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, March 28, 2005 at 11:09:37 PM = local time at epicenter
Location	2.093°N, 97.016°E
Depth	30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program
Region	NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances	205 km (125 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia 245 km (150 miles) SW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia 535 km (330 miles) WSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia 1410 km (880 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.1 km (3.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst= 65, Nph= 65, Dmin=535.9 km, Rmss=0.85 sec, Gp= 61°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usweax

[Constitution Day]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usweax.htm

[Portnoy]

A scientist on the radio last week predicted that, due to the pressure built up from the December quake, a large one was coming soon to other faults in that area. Not good...

[Howlin]

How did you figure out this was an earthquake report from the title?

[JustRight]

I bet there is a serious rush to high ground in that part of the world.

[El_Doctor]

Please fix title.

[Lazamataz]

Tsunami warnings better go out this time.

[eyespysomething]

per the Weather Channel it was the same fault line

[thoughtomator]

This one looks to be in almost the same spot, maybe a little south of the tsunami quake.

[WestCoastGal]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1629Z 28 MAR 2005

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1610Z 28 MAR 2005
COORDINATES - 2.3 NORTH 97.1 EAST
LOCATION - NORTHERN SUMATERA INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE - 8.5

EVALUATION

THIS EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC. NO TSUNAMI THREAT
EXISTS TO COASTLINES IN THE PACIFIC.

WARNING... THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A WIDELY
DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI IN THE OCEAN OR SEAS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE.
AUTHORITIES IN THOSE REGIONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY
AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. THIS ACTION SHOULD INCLUDE EVACUATION
OF COASTS WITHIN A THOUSAND KILOMETERS OF THE EPICENTER AND CLOSE
MONITORING TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR EVACUATION FURTHER AWAY.

THIS CENTER DOES NOT HAVE SEA LEVEL GAUGES OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC
SO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DETECT OR MEASURE A TSUNAMI IF ONE WAS
GENERATED. AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME THE DANGER HAS PASSED IF NO
TSUNAMI WAVES ARE OBSERVED IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER
WITHIN THREE HOURS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

[Lazamataz]

How did you figure out this was an earthquake report from the title?

It's not what he said, it's what he left out.

[finnman69]

Another offshore tsnumai coming....

[stlnative]

they are calling a aftershock - Tsunami is likely - per fox

[TXBSAFH]

Prayers sent.

[eyespysomething]

CYA