It is a very strong one. seismo chart in Utah:
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.
So the tsunami would have hit already if there was one?
I'll bet word of mouth will travel faster than the wires in this case.
Drudge has the siren up "... major panic and power blackouts.." on Sumatra.
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In Sumatra, yes.
Run away.............Run away!
Hhhmmm Last one at Chistmas this one day after Easter.
"It sounds like it was Shallow too, that isn't good."
Why not CC, I'm not familiar with why that would make it worse... Would it just rupture more area if it's closer to the surface??
I hadn't thought about that....hmmmm is right.
Most of the poor people there are unable to receive communications even if there is proper warning. Only hope is that the time of day (11 PM) will have the folks off the beach. Prayers required.
It took about 2 hours for the first tsunami to hit.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/
12:59 a.m. GMT Sunday
A huge earthquake erupted in the Indian Ocean off Sumatra, Indonesia.
1:07 a.m. GMT
Seismic signals from stations in Australia alerted the NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii about an earthquake.
1:14 a.m. GMT
The tsunami warning center in Hawaii sent a bulletin to nations that participate in the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ITSU). India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are not members of the system.
2:04 a.m. GMT
A second bulletin was sent, alerting nations that the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 8.5. The bulletin said the ITSU nations did not face the threat of a tsunami, but did cite the possibility of a tsunami near the quake's epicenter.
2:30 a.m. GMT
The warning center alerted the Australia Management System.
3:30 a.m. GMT
The center received the first indications that devastating tsunamis had formed from Internet news reports of casualties in Sri Lanka. It's believed the deadly waves had struck the whole region by then.
Tsunami are caused by changes in the shape of the sea floor. The deeper the quake the less the sea floor rises or falls. Hence deep quakes don't cause tsunami.
The earthquake occured almost exactly one hour ago. According to the bulleting upthread, there's at least two more hours of danger.
Winter solstice and vernal equinox -- coincidence.
Yes, the timing is verrrry curious.
And btw, love your tagline - a fitting title for Maw-Maw Bush - love that lady.
If there was one my point is that it would have hit Sumatra already...
Good Lord. I hope we don't see a repeat of December.
reporting in
If I was there I'd grab the closest supermodel and hang on!
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