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To: Portnoy

The epicentral location is just where the quake started; the epicenter is at the southern limit of the December quake rupture; if the rupture propagated southwards, it's quite possible this is a rupture of the section that went in 1833 and had been heavily studied by Kerry Sieh at Caltech (and had been expected to rupture in a large quake even before the December quake.

And yes, it is one of the areas that stress actually increased after the December quake; the other area is on land in Northern Sumatra, a San Andreas like strike-slip fault.

Depth is hard to estimate, this was a bit deeper if the NEIC depth is accurate. It may or may not have produced a tsunami.

Also the magnitude, as always, might turn out to be bigger after more study. It's actually impossible to estimate the mag of a really big quake till after hours of data have been recorded.


27 posted on 03/28/2005 8:59:47 AM PST by Strategerist
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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: Strategerist

Big Kerry Sieh fan here!


283 posted on 03/28/2005 9:52:28 AM PST by Floratina
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