Posted on 05/08/2010 11:19:03 PM PDT by landerwy
Latest Earthquakes M5.0+ in the World - Past 7 days
Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 5.0 and Greater in the World - Last 7 days Versión en Español
Magnitude 5 and greater earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks in the last week (168 hours). Magnitudes 6 and above are in red. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the maps.)
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Update time = Sun May 9 6:10:00 UTC 2010
MAG UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s LAT deg LON deg DEPTH km Region MAP 7.4 2010/05/09 05:59:43 3.597 96.044 45.0 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
Local tsunami warning is in effect, for areas within 100km of the epicenter, with no expected effects outside the area.
Is that the place that got hit by the tsunami some years ago?
Full expanation at The Ö-Files
The map at the link shows that it is just south and west of Banda Ache (sp?) - which is very close to the tsunami eq. Although this one looks closer to land if I recall correctly - so probably on another fault.
another big one
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