Oh shit. 8.2 quake off Sumatra. Tsunami warning.

[WilliamPitt]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7316846/

[ashmanonar]

1. GAH!

that's bad.

hopefully it doesn't trigger an undersea landslide.

[MissB]

2. An 8.2 aftershock

Wow.

[havocmom]

3. Whole lotta shakin goin on across the Pacific Plate in Centeral America

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

while almost due east, on the other edge of the Pacific Plate:
4.7 in Venezuela
4.9 south of Panama
5.0 in Nicaragua

[omega minimo]

4. full moon again

[Bouncy Ball]

5. Yikes. Yeah, that's JUST what they need.

I'm scared for them....

[yvr girl]

7. Nothing like being hit when you're down.

[Canadiana]

6. Can there

even be a Tsunami at this poit? It's been over an hour I believe. I certianly hope not...

[spinbaby]

11. It takes time to cross the water

Plus, these are areas where news is slow to get out. Remember how long it took us to find out about the scope of the last tsunami? 12 hours after it happened, the news stations were saying a tsunami had possibly killed as many as 1,000 people.

[mmonk]

18. depends on direction

and distance.

[gollygee]

8. Wasn't the last tsunami the day after Christmas?

I hate to think what people will say if now there's a tsunami the day after Easter.

[CatWoman]

9. God is pissed

that's what they'd say.

[MissB]

10. Or they'd say something about "those people"

rather than referring to them as fellow humans.

[Bouncy Ball]

12. Oh GEEZ I hadn't even thought about that.

But I'm more concerned about the people living there. I hope they get/got inland fast!

[Dcitizen]

13. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's bulletin

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
0634 AM HST 28 MAR 2005

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0610 AM HST 28 MAR 2005
COORDINATES - 2.3 NORTH 97.1 EAST
LOCATION - NORTHERN SUMATERA INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE - 8.5 MOMENT

EVALUATION

THIS EARTHQUAKE IS OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC.
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/hmsg

[Dcitizen]

14. from USGS

2005/03/28 16:09 M 8.2 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA Z= 30km 2.09N
97.02E

This information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.

These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake IN NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA has occurred
at:
2.09N 97.02E Depth 30km Mon Mar 28 16:09:37 2005 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Mon Mar 28 16:09:37 2005
Time Near Epicenter Mon Mar 28 23:09:37 2005
Eastern Standard Time (EST) Mon Mar 28 11:09:37 2005
Central Standard Time (CST) Mon Mar 28 10:09:37 2005
Mountain Standard Time (MST) Mon Mar 28 09:09:37 2005
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Mon Mar 28 08:09:37 2005
Alaska Standard Time (AST) Mon Mar 28 07:09:37 2005
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Mon Mar 28 06:09:37 2005

Location with respect to nearby cities:
205 km (125 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
245 km (150 miles) SW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
535 km (330 miles) WSW of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
1410 km (880 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usweax.htm .


Comment: quake is in subduction zone between Indian tetonic plate and others (Burmuda or Australia)

[Endangered Specie]

15. Some are saying it was an 8.5

:scared:

[Selatius]

16. Might not be as bad as last time

A 9.0 quake is 8 times stronger than this 8.2 one. If there is a tsunami, it shouldn't be as devastating because 1) most of the coastal communities are already wiped out, 2) the quake is much weaker, and 3) most people who survived now know the warning sign of an imminent tsunami.

If I'm wrong, and 100,000 people die, I'll eat my words.

[John BigBootay]

17. Some guy on Art Bell predicted this...

A full moon with Jupiter and Saturn also in the sky spelled disaster. How anyone squares this with reality is a mystery to me-- the gravitational tug from the moon doesn't change with it's fullness and the gravitiational exertion of the distant planets must be exceedingly small.

Yes, I listen to Art Bell-- for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES only.

But it does make you wonder...

[yella_dawg]

21. The vast majority of Art Bell's guests are "a bit odd"

but plate tectonics is a complex system. Think Chaos Theory and butterflies kicking off hurricanes. I'm not saying I believe that this is what happened, just that lots of unlikely things are possible with complex systems.

[Just Me]

19. Awful!!!

Geez,...:cry:,...those poor people!!!

This is just too much!!!

Weird timing, too.

[penpal7]

20. just in time for fox and the republicans to duck the issues again

[Dcitizen]

22. Thai, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Siri Lanka issued tsunami warnings

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP39753.htm
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28718808.htm

They should better to run quick!

[countryjake]

23. Oh man, Nightline just did a piece on how the recovery was going,

they've been replanting the mangroves along the shore, jigsawing homes together from the scattered wreckage they've scavenged, & many are moving back to the coastline to resume their fishing...sure hope this doesn't bring another tsunami!

[countryjake]

24. They're saying now that it was 8.7 & up to 290 are confirmed dead.

Everytime the news tries to do a comprehensive report on it, they are cut off with "Breaking News" from Florida. That just happened for the second time today, on CNN; had a guy on the phone, reporting from Jakarta & they broke away from his call to talk about the death of one, unconscious American!