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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: Central Scrutiniser
"BTW, int'l date line, its 2 days after easter there."

Your statement was correct when you posted it. However it was before local midnight in Sumatra when this quake occured, therefore - in Sumatra - the latest temblor occured 'the day after Easter'.

481 posted on 03/28/2005 10:57:56 AM PST by IonImplantGuru (Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt. (May they perish who have expressed our bright ideas before us)
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Have a great day you all... signing off


482 posted on 03/28/2005 10:58:04 AM PST by stlnative (Sign the Impeach Greer Petition @ http://www.petitiononline.com/ijg520/petition.html)
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To: killjoy

ASA Vet lived in Krungthep Mahanakhon Bovorn Ratanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchanivet Mahasathan Amornpiman Avatarnsathit Sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit for 3 years.


483 posted on 03/28/2005 10:58:09 AM PST by ASA Vet (Vigilant Always)
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To: killjoy

Glad you and yr girlfriend took these precautions and are safe.

Reuters says:

One official said any possible tsunami could be headed toward the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.

There were no immediate reports of casualties, but Indonesia's Metro TV quoted a resident on the island of Nias, off western Sumatra, as saying buildings there were damaged.

"Things are quite bad right now," the resident said. "There is much damage. People are running in panic. Many people are also trapped."

He did not elaborate on what he meant by people were "trapped."


484 posted on 03/28/2005 10:58:16 AM PST by plushaye (President Bush: W-2-4-4!! Thank-you voters of America. Thank you GOD for choosing him!)
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To: Thumbellina

I was sort of holding my breath about Pacific Command. We've got a lot of troops still in the region.


485 posted on 03/28/2005 10:59:23 AM PST by kingu (Which would you bet on? Iraq and Afghanistan? Or Haiti and Kosovo?)
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To: ASA Vet
Krungthep Mahanakhon Bovorn Ratanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchanivet Mahasathan Amornpiman Avatarnsathit Sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit

It still amazes me that my GF can rattle that off without missing a beat.

486 posted on 03/28/2005 10:59:55 AM PST by killjoy (Real Men Love Bush)
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Andaman islands issue tsunami warning

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government in India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands said it had issued a preliminary tsunami warning on Monday but was not yet evacuating people, after an earthquake struck near Sumatra.

"We are on the job," Lieutenant-Governor Ram Kapse told Reuters by telephone from the islands' capital Port Blair. "We have alerted all the police stations to alert the public in coastal areas."

Kapse said he had not felt the earthquake himself, and had not issued any orders to evacuate people from the coast.

"There is no report of any damage," he said. "We have issued an initial warning. If there is any problem, we will evacuate."

More than 7,000 people are thought to have died when the Dec. 26 tsumani struck the Andaman and Nicobar islands, which lie 1,200 km off India's mainland, close to Indonesia and Myanmar.

487 posted on 03/28/2005 11:00:31 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: plushaye
There were no immediate reports of casualties, but Indonesia's Metro TV quoted a resident on the island of Nias, off western Sumatra, as saying buildings there were damaged.

Relgious nuts might find it interesting that Nias is a predominantly Christian island, an oddity in Western Indonesia.

488 posted on 03/28/2005 11:01:04 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: kingu

I think they'll be just fine kingu. Say prayers


489 posted on 03/28/2005 11:02:06 AM PST by Thumbellina (As I recall, Kerry referred to terrorism as "overrated".)
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To: Thumbellina

Will do.


490 posted on 03/28/2005 11:02:30 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: killjoy

Worse is the "Who sells chicken eggs" exercise. Ask her about that one.


491 posted on 03/28/2005 11:03:08 AM PST by ASA Vet (Vigilant Always)
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To: Helmholtz

A 'Nice Thick Aftershock' BUMP for this thread!


492 posted on 03/28/2005 11:03:55 AM PST by Pagey (Hillary talking about the bible is as hypocritical as Bill carrying one out of church for 8 years)
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To: Strategerist

your 447 post was inaccurate


493 posted on 03/28/2005 11:04:25 AM PST by ruoflaw
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To: F.J. Mitchell

"We need to understand that and mend our ways, before we find ourselves in the position of a roach looking up to see a foot, just before being squashed."

Heh, I'm sure many were saying similar things right before the "certain" Second Coming in 1000 A.D...not to mention 2000 A.D.

Further, look at all the progress we've made... We've legislated against hate speech, the various races are making real progress at living together in harmony, and prejudices against gays are under attack! Surely all this is in the spirit of "love thy neighbor" and "turn the other cheek", no?

(Yeah, I'm a troublemaker.:)


494 posted on 03/28/2005 11:04:26 AM PST by PreciousLiberty
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To: TexKat
The government in India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands said it had issued a preliminary tsunami warning on Monday but was not yet evacuating people, after an earthquake struck near Sumatra. "We are on the job," Lieutenant-Governor Ram Kapse told Reuters by telephone from the islands' capital Port Blair.

While it is likely that no tsunami will occur from this earthquake, this absurd logic is something that civil authorities in the region are going to have to address... If you're not evacuating people now, it won't matter later, especially so late at night.

I am sure, however, that there are plenty of UN officials having wet dreams at the thought of how much money they're going to be able to skim off this latest tremor.
495 posted on 03/28/2005 11:05:20 AM PST by kingu (Which would you bet on? Iraq and Afghanistan? Or Haiti and Kosovo?)
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To: ASA Vet
Worse is the "Who sells chicken eggs" exercise. Ask her about that one.

Khon Khai Kai Gai

496 posted on 03/28/2005 11:05:36 AM PST by killjoy (Real Men Love Bush)
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To: ruoflaw

Which parts exactly?


497 posted on 03/28/2005 11:05:40 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

That's interesting. Earthquake damage is bad enough. Still praying for no tsunami anywhere.

AP says this was not a shallow depth earthquake, unlike Dec 26:

The quake occurred at a depth of 18.6 miles, and was centered 125 west-northwest of Sibolga, Sumatra, and 150 miles southwest of Medan, Sumatra, the USGS said.

After the Dec. 26 quake, the agency initially recorded the depth of that temblor at six miles. Shallow earthquakes like that generally are more destructive because the seismic energy is closer to the surface and has less distance to travel.

Monday's quake was considered to be at a moderate depth.


498 posted on 03/28/2005 11:06:48 AM PST by plushaye (President Bush: W-2-4-4!! Thank-you voters of America. Thank you GOD for choosing him!)
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To: Strategerist

Tremor was felt throughout Malaysia and Singapore
Areas reported by bystanders to have felt the tremor:

Bagan
Bangi
Bukit Jalil
Cheras
Cyberjaya
Ipoh
Kajang
Kedah
Klang
Lumut
Manjung
Pahang
Puchong
Penang
Subang
Wangsa Maju

Singapore

Source: Low Yat Forum


499 posted on 03/28/2005 11:07:15 AM PST by sunnysky
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To: Defiant

Buildings in Penang shook violently
Mount Erskine,Penang: An eyewitness reported that his apartment block located in Mount Erskine,Penang shook so violently that many residents scrambled down to the ground level for safety,himself included.

Georgetown,Penang: An eyewitness living in a double storey grounded house reported that the whole building shook and even photoframes on the walls were displaced.

Butterworth,Penang Mainland: An eyewitness in Butterworth reported that his computer monitor shooked violently for a few minutes. He also claims he saw street lamps on the street outside his house swaying!
posted by MainAdmin at 1:04 AM


500 posted on 03/28/2005 11:07:34 AM PST by sunnysky
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