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Earthquakes off coast of South Sumatra - ongoing

Re: Earthquake (8.2) off coast of South Sumatra - Tsunami warning issued

Re: Earthquake (8.2) off coast of South Sumatra - Tsunami warning issued

8.2-Strong Indonesia Quake Kills at Least 7


12 September 2007, Wednesday


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At least seven people are dead in Sumatra as a result of an 8.2-magnitude earthquake that shook buildings across Indonesia and sparked widespread panic, media reported.

The quake in the Indian Ocean shook buildings in Jakarta nearly 640 kilometers (400 miles) away from the epicenter off the coast of Sumatra and sent frightened people into the streets.

Closer to the epicenter, residents of Bengkulu province panicked and fled their homes, said John Aglionby, a reporter for the Financial Times, from Jakarta.

A small tsunami was detected in Padang, on Sumatra -- several hundred miles northeast of the epicenter -- according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

It measured about 60 cm (2 feet high), much smaller than the devastating tsunami that struck in 2004, the center said.

Wednesday's quake was about 10 times smaller than the 9.0-magnitude temblor that caused the giant tsunami off the northern tip of Indonesia in 2004 that killed more than 200,000 people in seven countries rimming the Indian Ocean.
 
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USGS upped to 8.4. Poor Indonesia, one catastrophe after another.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6991134.stm


<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=629 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=3>Powerful quake shakes Indonesia

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Some buildings collapsed in West Sumatra after the quake hit

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- E IIMA --><!-- S SF -->A powerful earthquake and several aftershocks have struck off the western Indonesian island of Sumatra, sparking fears of a tsunami.
Tsunami alerts were issued for several nations in the Indian Ocean, though some have now been lifted.
Buildings collapsed on the west coast of Sumatra. Hospitals are on alert in case there are significant casualties.
A massive undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people in December 2004. <!-- E SF -->
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued an alert for the entire Indian Ocean region following Wednesday's main quake, which the US Geological Survey said measured 8.4.
Danger eases
Besides Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and a number of small islands were put on alert. Kenya, on the western rim of the ocean, also raised the alarm.
There were unconfirmed reports of a small tsunami - estimated at 1-3m (3-10ft) hitting the Sumatran coast - but not causing major damage.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- E IIMA -->But about two hours after the quake, Indonesia's meteorology agency said the danger of a serious tsunami had passed, and Sri Lanka and India also dropped their alerts.
Wednesday's main earthquake struck at 1810 (1110 GMT), about 30km (18 miles) under the sea, some 130km (80 miles) south-west of the city of Bengkulu, the US Geological Survey said.
Local media said buildings had collapsed in Padang, the capital of the province of West Sumatra, and in the town of Mukomuko.
There were also reports of inhabitants fleeing swaying buildings in the capital Jakarta, 600km (370 miles) away, and in Singapore.
"You could see the road as if it was waving, people could hardly walk so they just lay flat on the road. I could also feel the earth I was standing on was like the sea," Zulkifli Lubis, a local journalist in Bengkulu, told the BBC.
Damage
Officials said it was very difficult to get clear communications with the area to make damage assessments.
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They are sending disaster teams from the capital Jakarta, fearing that there may be significant casualties, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Jakarta.
Officials said at least two people had died and dozens were injured.
But as it is dark, and many of the stricken areas are be remote, it may take some time to find out how bad the situation is.
"At least one person died when he was hit by a falling tree when they were evacuating after the quake," Salamun Haris, an official from North Bengkulu district, told ElShinta radio.
"Dozens of people were injured in damaged buildings" across the district, he said, and hospitals were clearing wards in anticipation of receiving casualties.
Fearful memories
This was one of the most powerful earthquakes in Indonesia since the one which caused the Asian tsunami in 2004.
That measured 8.9 and struck under the sea near the northern Sumatran province of Aceh, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people around the rim of the Indian Ocean.
Our correspondent says quakes on this scale are rare and memories of 2004 have made the country terrified of a repeat.
Indonesia, part of the seismically active Pacific "Ring of Fire", is frequently shaken by earth tremors. <HR>Are you in the area affected by the earthquake? Send us your comments using the form below. If you have any pictures you can send them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. Do not endanger yourself or others when taking pictures.
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Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

noooo :eek:
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

While not directly linked to the quakes in this thread. I post below the earthquake site from Edinburgh University which I have been using for sometime and I think is excellent. Check out the 30 day animated maps and detail zoom maps with earthquakes in an area over the last 7 days which are customisable. See what you think.

http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/show_map.pl
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

JJackson said:
While not directly linked to the quakes in this thread. I post below the earthquake site from Edinburgh University which I have been using for sometime and I think is excellent. Check out the 30 day animated maps and detail zoom maps with earthquakes in an area over the last 7 days which are customisable. See what you think.

http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/show_map.pl
Click to expand...

Thanks JJ. I'll check it out.

These are the sites I use:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/ (I like this best for its map options including Google Earth - You can also sign up for email alerts)
and
http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=home
and
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

Latest:
Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after quake
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Wow! A 3rd quake (& many aftershocks)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/100_0_eqs.php


Earthquake List for 10-degree Map Centered at 0?N, 100?E

Update time = Thu Sep 13 04:09:15 UTC 2007
Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the 10-degree Map Centered at 0?N, 100?E. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th align="center">MAG </th> <th align="center">UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s </th> <th align="center">LAT
deg </th> <th align="center">LON
deg </th> <th align="center">DEPTH
km </th> <th> Region</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 03:35:26 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.223</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.564 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.5</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 02:51:31 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.049</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.790 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 02:30:01 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.639</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.697 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:55:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.869</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.629 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:49:04 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.331</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.404 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:38:05 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.902</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.734 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:26:33 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.039</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.730 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 23:49:01 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.526</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.964 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 23:19:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.082</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.907 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 22:17:17 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.897</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.757 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 22:02:23 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.609</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.280 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 16:37:00 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.109</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.395 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 11.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 15:35:05 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.264</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.984 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">6.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 14:40:01 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.227</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.358 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 14:04:53 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.263</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.152 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.3</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 13:17:14 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.334</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.620 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.7</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 13:02:03 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.960</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.335 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 12:21:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.667</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.318 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">8.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 11:10:26 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.517</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.382 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 30.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/08 11:31:45 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 0.374</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 97.763 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 30.0 </td> <td> NIAS REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/08 08:39:38 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 0.283</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 97.732 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 26.0 </td> <td> NIAS REGION, INDONESIA</td></tr></tbody></table>
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

uhh, 3 earthquakes ? That's unusual, I think.
Could it be a sign for a big one waiting in the pipeline ?
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

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09/13/07 16:11
Quakes destroy eight houses in Jambi`s Kerinci district
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/9/13/quakes-destroy-eight-houses-in-jambis-kerinci-district/

09/13/07 16:01
Death toll in Sumatra quake rises to nine
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/9/13/death-toll-in-sumatra-quake-rises-to-nine/


09/13/07 13:45
Death toll in Bengkulu quake rises to six
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007/9/13/death-toll-in-bengkulu-quake-rises-to-six/


09/13/07 13:05
Plate movement, awareness may have cut Indonesian toll: expert
http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2007...wareness-may-have-cut-indonesian-toll-expert/
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Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

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gsgs said:
uhh, 3 earthquakes ? That's unusual, I think.
Could it be a sign for a big one waiting in the pipeline ?
Click to expand...

Of course, this area is prone to earthqukes. However, the recent activity not usual...
125_-15.php


Update time = Thu Sep 13 16:20:30 UTC 2007
Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the Map of Australia Region. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th align="center">MAG </th> <th align="center">UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s </th> <th align="center">LAT
deg </th> <th align="center">LON
deg </th> <th align="center">DEPTH
km </th> <th> Region</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">6.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 16:09:15 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.224</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.122 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 55.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 15:08:57 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.110</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.480 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 33.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 12:12:59 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.691</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.694 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 11:57:17 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.034</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.434 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">6.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 09:48:43 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 3.794</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 126.411 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 21.9 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 09:21:35 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.164</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.748 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 08:01:56 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.773</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.292 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 06:32:48 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.072</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.405 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 06:28:51 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.029</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.383 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 05:53:23 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.979</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.553 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 05:48:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.988</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.511 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 24.5 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 05:44:14 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.735</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.706 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 2.8 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.5</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 05:23:24 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.686</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.717 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 38.9 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 04:06:10 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.723</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.567 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 03:35:26 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.223</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.564 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.5</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 02:51:31 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.049</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.790 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 02:30:01 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.639</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.697 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:55:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.869</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.629 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:49:04 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.331</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.404 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:38:05 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.902</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.734 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:26:33 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.039</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.730 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 23:49:04 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.506</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.906 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 30.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 23:19:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.082</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.907 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 22:17:17 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.897</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.757 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 22:02:23 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.609</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.280 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.3</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 17:04:33 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -7.598</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 126.085 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 307.3 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 16:37:00 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.109</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.395 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 11.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 15:35:05 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.264</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.984 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">6.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 14:40:01 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.227</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.358 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 14:04:53 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.263</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.152 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.3</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 13:17:14 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.334</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.620 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.7</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 13:02:03 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.960</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.335 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 12:21:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.667</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.318 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">8.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 11:10:26 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.521</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.370 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 30.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 01:55:40 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -0.829</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 146.606 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> ADMIRALTY ISLANDS REG., PAPUA NEW GUINEA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/11 16:36:09 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -5.690</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 105.523 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SUNDA STRAIT, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/11 01:55:56 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 4.854</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 127.556 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/10 21:56:35 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 0.987</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 126.243 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 50.5 </td> <td> MOLUCCA SEA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/09 23:31:54 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -7.990</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 114.187 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> BALI SEA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/09 18:36:37 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -7.851</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 114.326 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> BALI SEA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/09 04:40:40 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -15.669</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 167.361 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 56.9 </td> <td> VANUATU</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/09 00:26:59 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -11.333</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 165.084 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/08 16:53:58 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -0.339</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 126.143 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> MOLUCCA SEA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/08 11:31:45 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 0.374</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 97.763 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 30.0 </td> <td> NIAS REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/08 08:39:38 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 0.283</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 97.732 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 26.0 </td> <td> NIAS REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/07 23:56:23 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -7.220</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 103.195 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 31.8 </td> <td> SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/07 08:52:32 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.653</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 134.152 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.4 </td> <td> NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.7</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/07 05:12:42 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 18.364</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 147.010 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 49.9 </td> <td> MARIANA ISLANDS REGION</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/06 20:24:24 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 2.772</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 127.608 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> MOLUCCA SEA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/06 20:20:46 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 5.744</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 125.537 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 79.5 </td> <td> MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES</td></tr></tbody></table>
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

What you call unusual all depends on what time frame you use. In geologic time this is not at all unusual. In many places the earth is constantly recycling the surface. As the earth dives beneath plate boundaries the surface deforms. When the rocks can no longer take the strain they rupture-and we get quakes, sometimes powerful ones. There is some periodicity to these quakes although it is somewhat unpredictable. Also when you get very powerful earthquakes like the 9. we got in the same general region recently, the earth vibrates for a long time afterward. The vibration may help other areas under sever strain and close to rupturing also suddenly release pressure. And, one more thing, when the 9. quake ruptured it released the strain (for the most part) in one area of the fault but it increased the strain on unruptured nearby stretches of the fault. These locked portions are now under even more tension. While I haven't spent any time analyzing the most recent activity, it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see it was part of the fault that was experiencing increased pressure. Or, it could be the same area that was impacted by the original 9. quake making further adjustments.
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Shannon said:
What you call unusual all depends on what time frame you use. In geologic time this is not at all unusual.
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The historical seismicity is available at the links I provided. I'm not sure what you mean by "geologic time" but we can review the recorded history.

Based upon my limited research and daily checks of the USGS site, I stand by the statement that this occurance (the flurry of quakes at 4+ mag. over a period of days) is not usual in Indonesia nor elsewhere.
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Niko, sorry for the confusion, I was trying to address GSGS. And no it is not at all unusual. Evidently my mini explanation for what is occurring was poorly written.
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra - Now a 2nd one!

New quake rocks Indonesia; experts warn of 'big one'

 PADANG, Indonesia (AP) ? A series of powerful earthquakes has terrorized residents in western Indonesia ? including another one that triggered a fresh tsunami warning Friday ? leaving thousands sleeping on plastic in the hills and each new aftershock triggering a fresh round of panic.

Seismologists warn the worst may be yet to come.

Kerry Sieh, from the California Institute of Technology, has spent decades studying the volatile fault line. He is one of several experts predicting a repeat of the massive earthquake that triggered the 2004 Asian tsunami, which killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen Indian Ocean nations.

"No one can say whether it will be in 30 seconds or 30 years," he said. "But what happened the other day, I think is quite possibly a sequence of smaller earthquakes leading up to the bigger one."

An 8.4-magnitude quake that shook Southeast Asia on Wednesday was followed by dozens of strong aftershocks ? including one measuring magnitude 7.8 and another 7.1 ? that killed 13 people, damaged hundreds of houses and spawned a 10-foot-high wave.

A 6.4-magnitude temblor hit the area again on Friday, triggering the latest in a string of tsunami warnings that have further traumatized people living in coastal communities. Hundreds fled inland by foot, motorcycle and truck before the alert was lifted.

The wall of water that slammed into several fishing villages along Sumatra island's coast Wednesday swept away nearly a dozen houses, but overall damage was "minimal," Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said after an Air Force aerial survey.

A nine-member U.N. assessment team reached the same conclusion after visiting the area, saying that a major international relief operation was not required, John Holmes, the U.N.'s emergency relief coordinator, said in a statement from New York.

Many people said a public awareness campaign launched after the 2004 tsunami paid off, including warnings issued over mosque speakers and training provided by local officials on how to escape a disaster.

"When the earth started shaking, some people yelled, 'It's time to go up the hill ... let's get going," said Fadil, 35, a father of two, describing how he and hundreds of neighbors watched from above as the 10-foot wave approached. Hundreds of houses were damaged, but no one died.

Elsewhere, however, electricity blackouts prevented some sirens from going off.

The three massive quakes ? together with the 9.0-magnitude temblor in 2004 and a 8.7 tremor in early 2005 ? deeply concerns experts.

The fault, which runs the length of the west coast of Sumatra about 125 miles offshore, is the meeting point of the Eurasian and Pacific tectonic plates, which have been pushing against each other for millions of years, causing huge stresses to build up.

"There is a strong indication this foreshadows the big one," said Danny Hillman, an earthquake specialist at the Indonesian Institute of Science. "We all agree there is an 8.5 or stronger earthquake waiting to happen."

 That's exactly what residents along Sumatra's western coast, which is expected to bear the brunt of the next disaster, are worried about. The island was hardest hit by the 2004 tsunami, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the deaths.

In the tiny fishing village of Sungai Pisang, just south of the badly damaged city of Padang, hundreds of people were too scared to return home after the recent tremors sent a large wave washing into their bay.

At a camp pitched on a muddy hillside cemetery, they have been sleeping atop plastic sheets or on the cold ground between graves. A small generator powers a light bulb, hung over branches in the thick tropical undergrowth, but there is little else.

"I am very afraid of another tsunami," said Dasima, a 50-year-old rice farmer who fled with her 7-year-old grandson, Rolin. "We only cook our rice in the town and then return here to eat and sleep. We will stay here until we feel it is safe."

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, with a population of 235 million people, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-09-14-indonesia-quake_N.htm?csp=34
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

From WWW.USGS.GOV (front page):
Sumatra Earthquake?Largest in 2007

The magnitude-8.4 earthquake that struck Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sept. 12, 2007, was the largest of four magnitude~8 earthquakes that have occurred worldwide since January. It is also the largest earthquake in Indonesia since the magnitude-8.6 "Nias" earthquake of March 2005. On average, the Earth produces about one magnitude-8 or larger earthquake per year, and about 15 to 20 magnitude-7 earthquakes per year.
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In other words...we are running 400% above the average annual norm for > 8.0 quakes that hits annually...and we have another 3.5 months yet to go.

In less than 3 days...
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Earthquake List for 10-degree Map Centered at 5?S, 100?E

Update time = Sat Sep 15 07:00:11 UTC 2007
Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the 10-degree Map Centered at 5?S, 100?E. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th align="center">MAG </th> <th align="center">UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s </th> <th align="center">LAT
deg </th> <th align="center">LON
deg </th> <th align="center">DEPTH
km </th> <th> Region</th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/15 01:41:05 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.800</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.222 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 25.4 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/15 00:43:25 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.145</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.953 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.3</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/14 14:15:16 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.407</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.930 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/14 13:07:48 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.953</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 102.329 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">6.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/14 06:01:34 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.152</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.166 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/14 04:03:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.179</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.088 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 29.3 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/14 03:07:14 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.010</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.083 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 39.2 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/14 02:34:51 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -0.466</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 98.141 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 21.5 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN BATU, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/14 01:31:57 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.757</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.759 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 27.5 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.5</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/14 01:02:06 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.696</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.845 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.3</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 23:12:31 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.108</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.971 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 18:30:38 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.565</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.763 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.5</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 16:59:26 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.118</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.978 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">6.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 16:09:16 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.225</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.462 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 50.1 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.6</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 15:08:54 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.354</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.212 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 24.5 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 13:43:58 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.998</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.215 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.6</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 13:10:15 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.786</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.863 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 28.7 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 12:12:59 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.691</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.694 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 11:57:17 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.034</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.434 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 09:21:35 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.164</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.748 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 08:01:56 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.773</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.292 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 06:32:48 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.072</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.405 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 06:28:53 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.999</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.479 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 28.4 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 05:53:23 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.979</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.553 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 05:48:45 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.992</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.525 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 27.4 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 05:44:18 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.748</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.733 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 29.7 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.5</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 05:23:24 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.686</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.717 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 38.9 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 04:06:14 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.671</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.606 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 37.3 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 03:35:28 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.160</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.588 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 22.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 03:03:19 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.999</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.692 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 42.4 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.5</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 02:51:33 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.036</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.793 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 26.8 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 02:30:03 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.675</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.700 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 31.3 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:55:48 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.875</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.674 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 34.4 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:49:06 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.250</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.451 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 23.2 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:38:08 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -1.894</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.696 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 29.9 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.8</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/13 01:26:33 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.039</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 99.730 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 23:49:04 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.506</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.906 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 30.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 23:19:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.082</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.907 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 22:17:17 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.897</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.757 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.1</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 22:02:23 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.609</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.280 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 16:37:01 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.142</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.377 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 21.2 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 15:35:08 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.262</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.008 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">6.0</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 14:40:02 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.227</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.361 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 18.8 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.9</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 14:04:57 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.239</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.196 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.3</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 13:17:17 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -3.308</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.654 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 32.8 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.6</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 13:02:07 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.946</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.352 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 35.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">5.2</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 12:21:44 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -2.667</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 100.318 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 10.0 </td> <td> KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">MAP</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">8.4</td> <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2007/09/12 11:10:26 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> -4.520</td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 101.374 </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> 34.0 </td> <td> SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA</td></tr></tbody></table>
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

[FONT=Arial, helvetica]Condolences pour in after quake [/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Helvetica] World News - Saturday, September 15, 2007[/FONT]
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday to convey his country's deep sympathies to the victims of Wednesday's earthquake, while UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also expressed concern about the quake's aftermath.
"Prime Minister Lee also offered Singapore's assistance for the Indonesian Government's humanitarian relief efforts," Chen Hwai Liang, Lee's press secretary, said in a statement.
However, the UN stated Friday that a major international relief effort was not required after its assessment team met with officials and visited a local hospital.
Unicef also said Friday that they had sent their staff to Bengkulu to assess the situation, and had allocated US$200,000 in the form of tents and other emergency supplies and equipment.
After Australia announced its initial donation of A$50,000 on Thursday, the United States announced Friday it would provide US$100,000 in emergency assistance to the people of Western Sumatra to help earthquake victims.
The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta said that the emergency assistance would be administered by the United States Agency for International Development.
U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron R. Hume also extended his sympathy to the thousands of people suffering from the widespread devastation. He said the rapid response of the provincial and local governments of western Sumatra greatly mitigated the suffering of the earthquake victims.
"We look forward to working with Indonesian authorities at all levels to help people overcome this disaster," he said.
In addition to the earthquake assistance, the embassy said, two U.S. NGOs -- International Medical Corps and Ambulan 118 -- are deploying a 14-member medical team to Bengkulu using existing U.S. disaster preparedness funding.
"Additionally, a special U.S. government team from the American embassy in Jakarta and Medan arrived in Western Sumatra on Friday," the embassy said.
Several other NGOs have also dispatched teams to the quake-affected areas.
British-based Oxfam said in statement that it was providing plastic sheeting for 1,000 families for temporary shelter and housing repair as well as clothing for people in disaster-affected areas following the earthquake.
It said that its emergency response team and partners were already in Bengkulu and were working with the authorities to ensure that the most vulnerable received help as soon as possible.
"We are trying to get to the Mentawai Islands, located off the coast of Sumatra, where damage to houses, roads, buildings and infrastructure is large but reaching the people affected is going to be a huge challenge", Sebastian Fesneau, humanitarian response coordinator for Oxfam in Indonesia, said.
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20070915.A07&irec=6
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

I don't know about Kerry Sieh, Denny Hillman - their reputation.
What's the WHO for health is the ??? for earthquakes ?
Make Tsunami-phase-levels, but please more levels than 6.


Someone please ask experts what's their estimate
of the probability that there will be a Tsunami worse than 2004
(in magnitude, not necessarily casualties) in the next 5 years !

They have to know, so they can prepare accordingly.


What's the probability of a Tambora 1815 - like event ?
Year without summer worldwide
 
Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

An example of an 8.+ earthquake followed by an even larger one would the 2 quakes in Yakutat Bay, Alaska. The first was on September 3rd - an 8.2, followed by another on September 10th - an 8.6 .....that was in 1899. The tsunami on the 10th was 10.6 meters in the immediate area and traveled to far points along the coast. On the 10th, they counted a total of 50 earthquakes that one day.

More recently here, we had a 6.7 on October 3, 2002 followed by another on November 3 - which was a 7.9 at it's source, but an 8.5 on the surface. They measured 1000 aftershocks after the 6.7 and prior to the 7.9, however they measured 35,000 aftershocks through the end of 2004.

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Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

Re: Earthquake (8.4) off coast of South Sumatra + a flurry of large aftershocks

17 dead, 88 injured in Sumatra earthquakes

JAKARTA (JP): As of Saturday, the death toll from a series of earthquakes in Sumatra had reached 17, Y Elshinta reported.

The radio station said 88 people were also badly injured in the powerful tremors, which have hit the island frequently since Wednesday evening.

Head of the Health Ministry's crisis center, Rustam S Pakaya, said rescuers were continuing their efforts to search for survivors trapped under debris. (

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20070915140007&irec=3
 
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