Magnitude 7.2 - SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA

USGS ^ | July 17, 2006 | USGS

[fanfan]

Magnitude 7.2 (Major)

# Date-Time Monday, July 17, 2006 at 08:19:30 (UTC)= Coordinated Universal Time

# Monday, July 17, 2006 at 3:19:30 PM = local time at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 9.295°S, 107.347°E

Depth 48.6 km (30.2 miles) set by location program Region SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA

Distances 225 km (140 miles) NE of Christmas Island

240 km (150 miles) SSW of Tasikmalaya, Java, Indonesia

260 km (160 miles) S of Bandung, Java, Indonesia

355 km (220 miles) S of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.9 km (8.0 miles); depth fixed by location program Parameters Nst= 95, Nph= 95, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.16 sec, Gp= 65°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usqgaf

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

[Howlin]

Do your thang!

[fanfan]

Ping

[fanfan]

There are eyewitness reports of a tsunami, as per CNN.

[geopyg]

Seems pretty deep and far away from land so hope it doesn't cause too much trouble over there.

[martin_fierro]

Head for the hill!

[geopyg]

I was hoping it was to deep for a tsunami too - hope its small.

[fanfan]

CNN said it was about 6' high.

[goresalooza]

I see the Bush/Rove Evil Weather & Disaster Machine is back online again.

[Miztiki]

Tsunami thread already posted:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667004/posts

[bd476]

Thanks for the Ping, Howlin!

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[bd476]

Tsunami Bulletin Number 002
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Issued At 1108Z 17 July 2006

This Bulletin is for all areas of the Indian Ocean.

... Tsunami Watch Follow-Up Message ...

A Tsunami Watch was issued earlier for

Australia / Indonesia

An Earthquake occurred with these preliminary parameters

Origin Time - 0819Z 17 July 2006
Coordinates - 9.3 South 107.3 East
Location - South of Jawa Indonesia
Magnitude - 7.2

Measurements or Reports of Tsunami Wave Activity

Gauge Location Lat Lon Time Ampl Per

---

----- ------ ----- ------ -----
Benoa 8.8s 115.2e 0951Z 0.04m 28min

Time - Time of the measurement
Ampl - Amplitude in meters from middle to crest or middle
to trough or half of the crest to trough
Per - Period of time from one wave crest to the next

Evaluation

Sea level gauge data indicate that a tsunami was generated.
news media have also reported that a damaging local tsunami
occurred. Based on historical earthquake and tsunami data
plus current sea level readings a more widespread tsunami
threat probably does not exist.

Some areas further from the epicenter could experience small
sea level changes and strong or unusual coastal currents.

This will be the final bulletin issued by the Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center for this event unless additional information
becomes available.

The Japan Meteorological Agency may issue additional information
for this event.

[OldFriend]

Just heard on the 11am eastern....news that a few dozen people died in a tourist beach area.

[Dog Gone]

Death toll up to 69, with many people still missing.

[bd476]

They are reporting now that 80 people have died.

Tsunami on Indonesia's Java coast kills 80 people

[OldFriend]

Tragic to think that they are again having tsunami devestation.

[Palladin]

This news has been buried in all the other events of this day.

Very sad for these people.

Does this have anything to do with the volcano that erupted a few weeks ago?

[Dog Gone]

Yes, but only in the sense that the plate techtonics in that region cause both earthquakes and volcanic activity.

It's two symptoms arising from the same underlying cause.

[Palladin]

Interesting.

I see that Mt. Etna is popping out hot rocks today. Unrelated, I'm sure, but this has been a crazy week, and it's only just begun.

Is there some unusual conjunction of the stars and planets, or am I just getting old and weary and nervous about all this stuff?

[Dog Gone]

No, you're probably just getting better information about stuff that has been happening all along but never made our local newspapers.

When Yellowstone looks like it's ready to blow, you have permission to worry.