Posted on 11/30/2006 8:53:27 PM PST by annie laurie
A powerful earthquake shook buildings and panicked residents across a large swath of western Indonesia on Friday, officials and witnesses said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and was centered underneath northern Sumatra province, said Indonesia's Meteorological and Geophysical agency. The temblor was felt in several towns and cities in the region and lasted around 5 seconds, witnesses told local radio.
USGS has it at 6.3 currently:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usvtad.php
HEY Hal hear anything on your news sources
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Magnitude 6.3 (Strong)
Date-Time Friday, December 1, 2006 at 10:58:23 AM = local time at epicenter
Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 10:58:23 PM (EST) - Eastern Standard (New York, Toronto, Jamaica)
Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 07:58:23 PM (PST) - Pacific Standard (Los Angeles, Vancouver, Tijuana)
Location 3.490°N, 99.092°E
Depth 215.5 km (133.9 miles)
Region NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances50 km (30 miles) ESE of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
200 km (125 miles) N of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
290 km (180 miles) W of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
1365 km (850 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Nothing from Indonesia. Watching Sri Lanka right now.
How so?
OH OKAY keep eye peel on any news wires
Yeah. I saw the USGS report within a few minutes of it happening.
I was so relieved when I realized it was well out at sea, so there wouldn't be any damage.
oooops.
I was online I plan get off until I hear about the quake but I was so tired that I got offline after first report BOY was i WRONG how small it was
Surprise!
Null I was very surprise I was going JUST DAMNNNN
I decided spent little time on the internet my parents were sleep I was crashing at my parential unit pad for few days so I was on my mom computer I was really tired of all Christmas together so I crash early that night BOY I was surprise morning after WHOA
Yeah. Thank God that little kid on the beach had more sense than you and me!
Rove!
That's right.
Which reminds me a 2 part series on the tsunami and post life was going to be on tv soon.
CNN presents but I don't know when.
Thanks for the ping.
You're welcome, Global 2010.
Off-topic but important: A young family from San Francisco went missing on their road trip after they were last seen on November 25th in Portland, Oregon.
CNET editor James Kim, family missing
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