pssst...That's what John Howard went to the US for. He supervised the installation of an earthquake lever...
Posted on 05/26/2006 6:03:06 PM PDT by Perdogg
Strong earthquake hits Indonesia
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
he quake hit a densely-populated area on the southern coast of Java. The US Geological Survey said it measured 6.2.
Ruh oh Shaggy....
You might be interested in this.
EQ ping...
All that Java makes everyone shaky.
To quote George Carlin (and to invite instant flaming) "who knows, maybe they deserved ir"
Or maybe they're sitting on a very active fault.
Hmmm, which could it be....?
pssst...That's what John Howard went to the US for. He supervised the installation of an earthquake lever...
Zheesh. With all the 9s and 8s down there, a 6.2? Puhleeeze. Hardly newsworthy.
Bush's fault.
It was shallow and occured right next to an urban area of 3 million people.
Location matters.
Tens of hundreds in damage----film at 11!
Again?
10 dead in Indonesia earthquake
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's Central Java province early Saturday, damaging buildings and killing at least 10 people, state media and witnesses said.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck at 5:54 a.m. 15 miles southwest of the city of Yogyakarta.
At least 10 bodies of quake victims were at the city's Bethseda hospital, state news agency Antara reported.
A witness in the city told The Associated Press he had seen three bodies under the rubble of two houses and that scores of injured were being taken to the city's hospitals in pickup trucks. That report couldn't immediately be confirmed with authorities.
Injuries were also reported in the nearby cities of Solo and Bantul.
Police said electricity and communications across Yogyakarta were knocked out.
Shortly before the quake, the nearby Mount Merapi volcano sent out a cloud of hot gas and ash. It was not immediately clear if the volcanic activity and the earthquake were linked.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
A magnitude 6 quake has the potential to cause severe damage.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060527/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake
Its G-d's way of punishing the U.S. Just ask the mullahs.
Inshallah?
Oh, near Yjogja! Yes, I am interested. I wonder if it is a precursor to a big explosion from Merapi. This will be interesting to watch.
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