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More than 100 earth shocks registered in Sakhalin today
Russia-IC ^ | 02.08.07. | Natalya L.

Posted on 08/02/2007 5:22:16 AM PDT by Webby_surfer

Sakhalin seismologists continue to register earth shocks measuring 3-4 on the Richter scale which occur every 1-1.5 hours. According to the latest data, the earthquake’s epicenter is moving towards the regional centre Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk city.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: disaster; earthquake; russia; sakhalin

1 posted on 08/02/2007 5:22:21 AM PDT by Webby_surfer
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To: Webby_surfer

They better turn down the voltage...


2 posted on 08/02/2007 5:23:52 AM PDT by DB
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To: Webby_surfer

Wonder what another earthquake will do to all those oil and gas facilities there now. Sakhalin is located on the edge of a plate so it would be susceptible to quakes.


3 posted on 08/02/2007 5:24:46 AM PDT by oilfieldtrash
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To: Webby_surfer

Godzilla waking up?


4 posted on 08/02/2007 5:27:36 AM PDT by xcamel ("It's Talk Thompson Time!" >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
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To: Webby_surfer

Prolly has something to do with their sub under the Arctic.


5 posted on 08/02/2007 5:31:25 AM PDT by marvlus
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To: Webby_surfer

Interesting. Thanks for posting. Welcome aboard.


6 posted on 08/02/2007 5:43:56 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: marvlus

I think thats it! Claiming the North Pole was the last straw. You dont mess with Sandy Clause! Anyone with the technology to be everywhere in a single night could cause earthquakes.
barbra ann


7 posted on 08/02/2007 5:52:23 AM PDT by barb-tex (Why replace the IRS with anything?)
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To: Webby_surfer
When you add in Russian South under Tornado Threat (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875126/posts), it looks like a bad day for the Russkies...
8 posted on 08/02/2007 6:11:53 AM PDT by Bender2 (A 'Good Yankee' comes down to Texas, then goes back north. A 'Damn Yankee' stays... Damn it!)
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To: Webby_surfer

There are a couple of active mud volcanoes near there.


9 posted on 08/02/2007 6:15:57 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("By the simple exercise of our will, we can exert a power for good practically unbounded, etc, etc.")
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To: VanShuyten

Is this what they call swarm earthquakes? The type that can precede a volcanic eruption?


10 posted on 08/02/2007 6:19:25 AM PDT by Ingtar (The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his Lacking Decisive Stands.)
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To: Bender2

Yeah, looks like a period of natural disasters - and both of them are really quite untypical for Russia.


11 posted on 08/02/2007 6:32:48 AM PDT by Webby_surfer
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