Magnitude 6.0 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

USGS ^ | April 19, 2006

[bd476]

Magnitude 6.0 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

April 19 20:36:46 UTC

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.0 (Strong)
Date-Time	Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 20:36:46 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 2:36:46 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	2.722°N, 93.133°E
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
Distances	390 km (245 miles) SW of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia 585 km (360 miles) S of Misha, Nicobar Islands, India 1800 km (1120 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia 3330 km (2060 miles) SSE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	uslsbw

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[Strategerist]

You are going to have to post that about 20 more times now!

Sigh. Maybe a tutorial on "UTC time and You" would be in order as well.

I've noticed this happening more and more; I subscribe to a number of automated e-mail alert systems, including USGS...so I got about 3 emails on this quake when it happened this afternoon.

This quake is the second most recent listed on the USGS worldwide site, so I think people just happen to go there, see it near the top, and assume it just happened.

[bd476]

Howlin wrote: "bd, is this the second time you've pinged me tonight?"

Yes, I believe it is the second time I have pinged you tonight.










Whoops!! Making note to ping Howlin only once a day...

8^|

[Howlin]

No, I meant is this a second earthquake in the Pacific?

Heck, ping me all you want.

[lafroste]

You rational, level headed, and logical types just have no place in an hysterics driven world. Left to their own fulminations, we could have had out and out panic in just a few more minutes.

But Nooo. You have to bust the balloon, damp the fires, and turn on the light. Party-pooper.

< /just kidding>

[Liberty Valance]

[Liberty Valance]

lol

[bd476]

Oh okay! Will do.

The first earthquake ping was about a new device someone invented which may be able to predict large earthquakes sometime in the future.

[sourcery]

Thanks for translating - the time stamps are always confusing to me!

Yes, I'm aware of how confusing most people find "UTC." That's why I tried to be helpful, and translated the UTC time for you (in post #3 on this thread) to a selection of useful time zones, one of which probably corresponds to your local time.

[Global2010]

I know you are kidding..

Actually though to get a surf up seismic wise would have to generate a not off shore earthquake but a much deeper shift like in the Cascsasoidi zone.

Luckily for your that is an event off by 500 yrs...

[Global2010]

When it comes to Quakes and history your best bet is to check out Strats posts.


He is good, in sciences.

[Global2010]

I Love Strat too...

Hey we need a Strat ping,,, kidding

[Solamente]

A majority of people in Sumatra are Muslims (90%)...

[Global2010]

HMSC Event Log - Hatfield Marine Science Center - Oregon State University
Address:http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/events.html Changed:2:47 AM on Thursday, April 20, 2006

[Global2010]

Strat I have a feeling unless a fault line opened in your bottom side you would continue to keep us all calm on geo events... (said withh love)

[Herakles]

"Luckily for your that is an event off by 500 yrs...
"

Statistically speaking; maybe.

[Calpernia]

ping