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CosmicCowboy
03-28-2005, 12:09 PM
just happened...earthquake same place and strength as last time...

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg
CrazyOne
03-28-2005, 12:21 PM
One report on Fox News says that the center was shallower than the previous one and not as likely to cause a tsunami.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151703,00.html
Hook Dem
03-28-2005, 12:24 PM
Lets hope not!
exstatic
03-28-2005, 12:31 PM
8.2...that's a huge quake. Damn. Hopefully people will be running for the hills this time, instead of running out to get fish from the pre-tsunami water withdrawal.
exstatic
03-28-2005, 02:37 PM
They've upped the quake estimate to an 8.7. Kuala Lumpur is being evacuated. :wow
Shelly
03-28-2005, 02:40 PM
Dang...The strongest one I've felt was Whittier's earthquake that was a 5.9 back in 1987. That was one were I was wondering if I should get under my desk. But 8.7??? Man.
Shelly
03-28-2005, 02:40 PM
They've upped the quake estimate to an 8.7. Kuala Lumpur is being evacuated. :wow


Aftershock?
Solid D
03-28-2005, 02:56 PM
Aftershock?

Tsunami.
MannyIsGod
03-28-2005, 03:12 PM
Dude, I feel so bad for those people. It's fucked.
Kori Ellis
03-28-2005, 03:28 PM
Was there a tsunami with this one?
MannyIsGod
03-28-2005, 03:35 PM
BTW, an 8.7 is strong as hell, but still much weaker than the one that was felt before. The magnitudes go up exponentionaly, so even a small difference numericly will mean a huge difference in strength.
Useruser666
03-28-2005, 03:38 PM
9 is ten times the strength of 8.
MannyIsGod
03-28-2005, 03:38 PM
Meanwhile, a tidal gauge has detected a small tsunami in the Indian Ocean several hundred miles southwest of the earthquake.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that an instrument near the Cocos Islands recorded the passing wave, but the magnitude of the "small" tsunami was not clear.

The agency said no major tsunami has been observed near epicenter of the earthquake which was upgraded from a magnitude of 8.2 to 8.7. An aftershock measuring 6.0 struck 30 minutes after the initial quake.

So, there has been one generated, but I think it's heading away from land.
samikeyp
03-28-2005, 03:40 PM
Good. Those poor people have suffered too much.
MannyIsGod
03-28-2005, 03:43 PM
Well, the Sri Lanka coast isn't out of the woods yet, and technicly neither are the others.

I think that part of the world can't rest untill tomorrow at the earliest