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Indonesia - Sumatra Earthquake - Evacuations Under way (Update - 8.5 quake )
Dow Jones News | 3/28/05

Posted on 03/28/2005 8:46:46 AM PST by Helmholtz

Dow Jones News Reports at 11:39 "DJ Singapore Official: 7.5 Quake Hits Sumatra - Kyodo"

No other reports yet.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; india; indonesia; notaboutterri; quake; sumatraearthquake; tsunami
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To: MKM1960

Classified as a "shallow event," which could be conducive to tsunami. On Fox.


41 posted on 03/28/2005 9:02:29 AM PST by Howlin (I'm in the WPPFF)
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To: Helmholtz

The good news is that it happened at about 11 PM there, so hopefully there were far less people at the beach.


42 posted on 03/28/2005 9:02:49 AM PST by Marfoe (http://www.marfoeblog.com)
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To: brigette
they are calling a aftershock - Tsunami is likely - per fox

aftershock of what??The earthquake in December??

43 posted on 03/28/2005 9:03:01 AM PST by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: finnman69

The last time they kept raising the size of the quake. It started as an 8-8.5 and ended up a 9+.


44 posted on 03/28/2005 9:03:06 AM PST by Sleeping Freeper
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To: Lazamataz

I doubt very highly we'll get as much video of this one if in fact they have any type of tsunami comparable to the last... People will be going for high ground, BIGTIME!!! They didn't realize the effects last time, which is probably why we saw alot of the "Hey, look how big that waves is..." type comments before all of the devastation took place...

Prayers are being sent...


45 posted on 03/28/2005 9:03:14 AM PST by Hand em their arse
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To: Helmholtz

It sounds like it was Shallow too, that isn't good. About 20 miles below the surface of the earth according to FOX.


46 posted on 03/28/2005 9:03:21 AM PST by cripplecreek (I'm apathetic but really don't care.)
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To: finnman69

NEIC is generally more reliable than the PTWC for magnitudes (simply because PTWC is faster.)


47 posted on 03/28/2005 9:03:34 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: All

They are calling it a shallow quake... less than 20 miles below the ocean floor. Slightly farther off the coast than the 9.0 quake, about 260 miles from Banda Aceh.


48 posted on 03/28/2005 9:03:34 AM PST by stlnative (Sign the Impeach Greer Petition @ http://www.petitiononline.com/ijg520/petition.html)
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To: Howlin

This doesn't look good.


49 posted on 03/28/2005 9:03:55 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: spectre

Tsunami would have already hit Sumatra if there was one.


50 posted on 03/28/2005 9:03:56 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: WestCoastGal

Thanks for the correction. I just remember watching the December quack on FR. I was yelling at the computer - send out a tsunami warning. Prayers sent for the area, again.


51 posted on 03/28/2005 9:03:57 AM PST by myprecious
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To: Sleeping Freeper

Yes, they did.

But it seems like they are all over this one.


52 posted on 03/28/2005 9:04:06 AM PST by Howlin (I'm in the WPPFF)
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To: expatguy

fyi


53 posted on 03/28/2005 9:04:06 AM PST by ChefKeith (Apply here to be added to the NASCAR Ping List, Daytona is done but we got 33 more races to go...)
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To: Helmholtz

Day after Christmas, now day after Easter. Strange. Prayers for all in that area.


54 posted on 03/28/2005 9:05:00 AM PST by republicandiva
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To: pollywog

Yes, a aftershock from the 9.0 quake per USGS.


55 posted on 03/28/2005 9:05:02 AM PST by stlnative (Sign the Impeach Greer Petition @ http://www.petitiononline.com/ijg520/petition.html)
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To: Strategerist
Do you know how soon after the December event the Tsunami appeared?
56 posted on 03/28/2005 9:05:12 AM PST by JIM O
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To: myprecious

It's unfortunate that the area affected in Dec and again today has no gauges to measure sea level.


57 posted on 03/28/2005 9:05:18 AM PST by WestCoastGal ("Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure")
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To: pollywog

It may or may not be an aftershock. It's possible it's a rupture of the subduction zone..off central Sumtra...south of the area that ruptured off Northern Sumatra and the Andaman Island..which did not rupture in December.

In which case it isn't an aftershock.


58 posted on 03/28/2005 9:05:23 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: Helmholtz

Sounds like a world of hurt is coming to the region, once again, H. I hope the survivors learned what to do, from December's tsunami.


59 posted on 03/28/2005 9:05:56 AM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• Veni • Vidi • Vino • Visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: Hatteras

Pulau is Indonesian for "island." Thus, there would be another part of the name such as Pulau Besar for "Big Island."


60 posted on 03/28/2005 9:05:58 AM PST by Andyman (The world should not be ruled by those who are most easily offended.)
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