Powerful quake rocks Indonesia

[Carolab]

6.2 temblor triggers tsunami fears, but no waves reportedThe Associated Press

Updated: 11:34 p.m. ET Jan. 23, 2005JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island on Monday, damaging houses and triggering widespread — but unfounded — fears of another tsunami in a country still traumatized by last month’s disaster. No injuries were reported.

The epicenter of the 6.2-magnitude quake was in central Sulawesi, about 10 miles southwest of the seaside city of Palu, said Suharjono, a seismologist in Jakarta. It struck just before dawn.

“It was very strong. I felt the bed and the ground shaking and rushed out of my house. I saw everyone panicking,” said Huwal Hayun, a 19-year-old student in Palu. Around 30 houses and shops in Palu, which is home to some 270,000 people, suffered minor damage, police said.

The temblor occurred a month after a massive earthquake shook the island of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 160,000 people in 11 countries. Sumatra is thousands of miles west of Sulawesi.

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[JohnnyRingo]

1. What next?

Hurricanes?
Wild fires?
Invasion from Mars?

How much shit can be piled on a people?

[kamqute]

2. AAHH!!! NUKES!!!!

We laugh, but whaddayathink?

[Hapameli]

3. Its on the Ring of Fire, that would be too stupid even for us. n/m

[dbt]

4. Nothing is too stupid for us anymore.

(See bu$h, George W, second term). Welcome to DU!

:hi:
dbt

[jmcgowanjm]

5. 24-JAN-2005 6.3 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/last30days.phtml?region=Polynesia&latN=25&latS=-25&lonE=220&lonW=90

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/