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Response 83 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, May 1, 2004 (23:57) * 9 lines
Is anyone going to watch "10.5" tomorrow night.
http://nbc.com/10.5
The four-hour drama intertwines the professional and personal dilemmas of multiple characters caught up in the seismic crisis, among them Kim Delaney (search) as quake expert Samantha Hill and Beau Bridges (search) as President Paul Hollister.
Schneider was expert behind the wheel of the General Lee, the souped-up car of "The Dukes of Hazzard," (search) so it's no surprise that in this miniseries, he did his own stunt work for a harrowing sequence where his vehicle sinks into the earth.
Schneider plays Jonathon Kent on Smallville.
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Response 84 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 26, 2004 (21:58) * 3 lines
They are winding up for another seige of strong quakes:
25JUL2004 MW=7.2 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
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Response 85 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jul 26, 2004 (22:08) * 1 lines
I missed 10.5. How was it? Since I have heard nothing since its initial showing, I would guess it was not a particularly memorable movie.
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Response 86 of 148: Cheryl (CherylB) * Tue, Aug 24, 2004 (15:07) * 25 lines
Tremor felt in Greek capital during Olympics
(08-24) 07:22 PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP)
A small earthquake rattled some Olympic venues Tuesday. There were no reports of injuries or damage.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the tremor had a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 and occurred at 3:38 p.m. local time. It was centered about 42 miles northeast of Athens, 12 miles beneath the Aegean Sea.
"There is no reason to panic. It was a very small quake," said Giorgos Stavrakakis, a seismologist with the Geodynamic Institute.
The press table shook at the baseball venue at the Helliniko Complex near the coastline.
"Like somebody was pounding the keyboard too hard," one reporter said. Other said they didn't notice anything.
Venues including the Olympic Village and the 9,000-seat Ano Liossia Olympic Hall for wrestling and judo were built near the fault line and designed to withstand a potentially massive quake.
International Olympic Committee took the unprecedented step of buying insurance in case the games were called off due to terrorism or natural disasters, such as earthquakes.
Earthquakes are common in Greece, one of the most seismically active countries in Europe.
In 1999, a 5.9-magnitude quake near Athens killed 143 people, injured about 2,000 and left thousands more homeless.
An earthquake also hit Nagano, Japan, during the 1998 Winter Games, jolting athletes and spectators but causing no major damage.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/08/24/sports1004EDT0340.DTL
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Response 87 of 148: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Sat, Aug 28, 2004 (22:15) * 3 lines
wow, thanks for posting that Cheryl.
the AM is back in Cali and i am worried about the big one supposed to hit by Sept 5 (although we all know how reliable predictions are).
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Response 88 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 2, 2004 (23:16) * 63 lines
There have been several sizeable quakes in Greece lately. I have heard of nothing bad happening which is a good thing.
California has had two strong quakes near Parkfield where the San Andreas Fault has made life difficult before. They are warning of aftershocks.
== AFTERSHOCK PROBABILITY REPORT ==
Southern California Seismic Network (TriNet) operated by Caltech and USGS
Version 1: This report supersedes any earlier probability reports about this event.
MAINSHOCK -
Magnitude : 5.0 Ml
Time : 29 Sep 2004 03:54:53 PM PDT
: 29 Sep 2004 22:54:53 UTC
Coordinates : 35 deg. 23.31 min. N, 118 deg. 37.24 min. W
Event ID : 14095628
STRONG AFTERSHOCKS (Magnitude 5 and larger) -
At this time (17 hours after the mainshock) the probability of a
strong and possibly damaging aftershock IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS is
less than 10 PERCENT.
EARTHQUAKES LARGER THAN THE MAINSHOCK -
Most likely, the recent mainshock will be the largest in the sequence.
However, there is a small chance (APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 PERCENT) of an
earthquake equal to or larger than this mainshock in the next 7 days.
WEAK AFTERSHOCKS (Magnitude 3 to 5) -
In addition, up to approximately 10 SMALL AFTERSHOCKS are expected in
the same 7-DAY PERIOD and may be felt locally.
This probability report is based on the statistics of aftershocks typical for
California. This is not an exact prediction, but only a rough guide to
expected aftershock activity. This probability report may be revised as more
information becomes available.
Background Information About Aftershocks
Like most earthquakes, the recent earthquake is expected to be followed
by numerous aftershocks. Aftershocks are additional earthquakes that
occur after the mainshock and in the same geographic area. Usually,
aftershocks are smaller than the mainshock, but occasionally an
aftershock may be strong enough to be felt widely throughout the area
and may cause additional damage, particularly to structures already
weakened in the mainshock. As a rule of thumb, aftershocks of
magnitude 5 and larger are considered potentially damaging.
Aftershocks are most common immediately after the mainshock; their
average number per day decreases rapidly as time passes. Aftershocks
are most likely to be felt in the first few days after the mainshock,
but may be felt weeks, months, or even years afterwards. In general,
the larger the mainshock, the longer its aftershocks will be felt.
Aftershocks tend to occur near the mainshock, but the exact geographic
pattern of the aftershocks varies from earthquake to earthquake and is
not predictable. The larger the mainshock, the larger the area of
aftershocks. While there is no "hard" cutoff distance beyond which an
earthquake is totally incapable of triggering an aftershock, the vast
majority of aftershocks are located close to the mainshock. As a rule
of thumb, a magnitude 6 mainshock may have aftershocks up to 10 to 20
miles away, while a magnitude 7 mainshock may have aftershocks as far
as 30 to 50 miles away.
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Response 89 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 2, 2004 (23:16) * 1 lines
Then, of course, there is Mount St Helens... continued on Geo 88...
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Response 90 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 2, 2004 (23:17) * 1 lines
not 88 I find... see you at Geo 74
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Response 91 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 2, 2004 (23:29) * 32 lines
My relatives there did not feel it but sent the following:
From CNN:
Parkfield Quake Preliminary magnitude of 5.9
Tuesday, September 28, 2004 Posted: 1:50 PM EDT (1750 GMT)
PARKFIELD, California (AP) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of
5.9 struck central California on Tuesday and was felt as far north as San
Francisco and Sacramento, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
An aftershock of 5.0 magnitude struck four minutes later.
Police said there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
In nearby Redwood City, the quake delayed the murder trial of Scott
Peterson after a juror reported feeling the tremors.
Thousands of people from throughout the state reported feeling the quake.
"It rattled everything hanging on the walls and the chandelier was
swinging. It didn't do any damage to our house. There were two shakers, one
right after the other," said Ben Brown, who lives in Paso Robles.
The earthquake, which struck at 10:15 a.m. (1715 GMT) was centered 9 miles
(14 kilometers) south of Parkfield and 17 miles (27 kilometers) north east
of Paso Robles, scene of an earthquake that killed two people in December
2003.
Parkfield, located on the San Andreas fault, is known as the earthquake
capital of California.
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Response 92 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 16, 2004 (15:12) * 18 lines
Powerful earthquake rocks Taiwan and southern Japan
Fri Oct 15, 6:19 AM ET
TAIPEI (AFP) - A powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale shook Taiwan, sparkling several fires and prompting people to flee swaying high-rise buildings but causing no serious damage.
Photo
AFP Photo
The quake led to a dozen technicians being trapped in elevators of the world's tallest building, Taipei 101, for several minutes but the 508-metre (1,666-feet) structure remained intact, passing a key safety test.
The earthquake struck shortly after noon (0408 GMT) and was also felt in Japan's southern Okinawa chain, where the Meteorological Agency said it measured 6.6 on the Richter Scale.
Neither Taiwan nor Okinawa reported serious injuries or damage from the tremor, which was located at sea some 109 kilometres (68 miles) off Taiwan's northeastern coast. Its focus was 58 kilometres below sea
more... mms://eyenet.wm.llnwd.net/eyenet_livenews1
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Response 93 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 16, 2004 (15:13) * 5 lines
The link for the above article is
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&ncid=1540&e=1&u=/afp/20041015/sc_afp/taiwan_quake_041015101920
Sorry for this error.
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Response 94 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Dec 24, 2004 (13:38) * 21 lines
Great Australian Quake
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's southern state of Tasmania was rocked by the world's largest earthquake in three-and-a-half years when it struck under the sea half way between Australia and Antarctica on Friday, seismologists said.
No injuries or damage were reported.
The earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale hit near Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean, more than 500 miles southeast of Tasmania, at about 2 a.m., said Geoscience Australia seismologist Cvetan Sinadinovski.
"Usually this kind of earthquake happens every three to four years in the world, it is just a part of the dynamic cycle of the earth," Sinadinovski told Reuters.
The earthquake could have caused a tsunami, but no noticeable changes in water levels had been reported in Tasmania or New Zealand, Sinadinovski said. An aftershock measuring 6.1 hit at 6.50 a.m., he said.
"The last earthquake of similar magnitude in the Macquarie Rise region was in 1924. The magnitude of that earthquake was 7.5," Sinadinovski said.
It is the largest earthquake to hit since more than 120 people were killed in Peru when an earthquake measuring 8.4 on the Richter scale struck less than 125 miles off the coast of the South American nation in June 2001.
The Richter scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake with a reading of more than 8 regarded as a "great" earthquake that can cause serious damage over several hundred kilometers and a reading of less than 2 considered micro.
Geoscience Australia said an earthquake measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale releases energy equivalent to about 10,000 atom bombs like the one that destroyed the Japanese city of Hiroshima in World War II.
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Response 95 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Dec 26, 2004 (11:53) * 15 lines
Just when you thought that Australian earthquakes couldn't get any worse:
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across southern and southeast Asia on Sunday, killing more than 7,000 people in six countries.
Tourists, fishermen, homes and cars were swept away by walls of water up to 20 feet high that swept across the Bay of Bengal, unleashed by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake centered off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
In Sri Lanka, 1,000 miles west of the epicenter, more than 3,000 people were killed, the country's top police official said. At least 1,870 died in Indonesia, and 1,900 along the southern coasts of India. At least 198 were confirmed dead in Thailand, 42 in Malaysia and 2 in Bangladesh.
But officials expected the death toll to rise dramatically, with hundreds reported missing and all communications cut off to Sumatran towns closest to the epicenter. Hundreds of bodies were found on various beaches along India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, and more were expected to be washed in by the sea, officials said.
The rush of waves brought to sudden disaster to people carrying out their daily activities on the ocean's edge: Sunbathers on the beaches of the Thai resort of Phuket were washed away; a group of 32 Indians - including 15 children - were killed while taking a ritual Hindu bath to mark the full moon day; fishing boats, with their owners clinging to their sides, were picked up by the waves and tossed away.
``All the planet is vibrating'' from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation.
more... http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=1&cat=0100&id=2004122610130001600764
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Response 96 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Dec 26, 2004 (12:15) * 29 lines
2004 12/26 04:21 M 7.3 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION Z= 10km 6.90N 92.95E
This information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.
These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake IN THE NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION has occurred at:
6.90N 92.95E Depth 10km Sun Dec 26 04:21:26 2004 UTC
Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sun Dec 26 04:21:26 2004
Time Near Epicenter Sun Dec 26 09:51:26 2004
Eastern Standard Time (EST) Sat Dec 25 23:21:26 2004
Central Standard Time (CST) Sat Dec 25 22:21:26 2004
Mountain Standard Time (MST) Sat Dec 25 21:21:26 2004
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Sat Dec 25 20:21:26 2004
Alaska Standard Time (AST) Sat Dec 25 19:21:26 2004
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Sat Dec 25 18:21:26 2004
Location with respect to nearby cities:
130 km (80 miles) SSW of Misha, Nicobar Islands, India (pop N/A)
305 km (190 miles) WNW of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
1125 km (690 miles) SW of BANGKOK, Thailand
2910 km (1810 miles) SE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/ussmax.htm .
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Response 97 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Dec 30, 2004 (17:25) * 13 lines
Expert Sees More Aftershocks But No Killer Quake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Strong aftershocks from the Indonesian earthquake will be felt for "weeks and months" but more killer-magnitude tremblers and deadly tsunamis were unlikely, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday.
Waverly Person, a USGS director, said he anticipates repeated and at times powerful aftershocks that will spread from the epicenter of Sunday's quake in the Indian Ocean off Sumatra along a line about 600 miles long.
"I don't think there's any chance of a major earthquake of (magnitude 9) but there will be continued strong aftershocks," he told Reuters from USGS headquarters in Golden, Colorado.
He said USGS seismologists were aware of two quakes of magnitude 6.0 that struck on Wednesday alone.
The largest aftershock at 7.5 magnitude occurred, he said, about 3.5 hours after Sunday's main quake, the world's most powerful in 40 years that set off tsunamis that barreled across the Indian Ocean before striking coastal areas in south and Southeast Asia.
more... http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=7201158
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Response 98 of 148: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Fri, Dec 31, 2004 (15:51) * 1 lines
but those aftershocks can produce more tsunamis?
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Response 99 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jan 25, 2005 (10:36) * 1 lines
Quake rattles Sulawesi. Sulawesi is in Indonesia, about 30 homes were damaged.
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Response 100 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Feb 22, 2005 (20:54) * 5 lines
Any earthquake has the potential of creating a tsunami. Some aftershocks are stronger than the original event.
Interesting data at this link gives the changes to the whole earth from the December 26th Indonesian earthquake:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2005/2005011018159.html
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Response 101 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Feb 24, 2005 (08:56) * 3 lines
Some interesting images there:
Quickbird satellite captured an image of the devastation around Kalutara, Sri Lanka (top), on December 26, 2004, at 10:20 a.m. local time—about an hour after the first in the series of waves hit. A Quickbird image taken on January 1, 2004 (lower), shows the normal ocean conditions. Water is flowing out of the inundated area and back into the sea, creating turbulence offshore. Some near-shore streets and yards are covered with muddy water. It is possible that the image was acquired in a “trough” between wave crests. Imagery of nearby beaches shows that the edge of the ocean had receded about 150 meters from the shoreline. Credit: Images Copyright
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Response 102 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Mar 10, 2005 (23:11) * 1 lines
Where can we find the Quickbird satellite images? This would be even more interesting to add to the already horrific images we have seen to date.
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Response 103 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Mar 11, 2005 (10:07) * 4 lines
They are, inf fact, here:
http://www.digitalglobe.com/tsunami_gallery.html
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Response 104 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Mar 11, 2005 (10:11) * 7 lines
Before
After
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Response 105 of 148: large pictures (cfadm) * Fri, Mar 11, 2005 (10:13) * 1 lines
I apologize for the hugeness of these pictures, but this is one of the few instances where the magnitude of the disaster calls for pictures of some magnitude as well. So bear with this exception, ok?
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Response 106 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Mar 11, 2005 (10:15) * 1 lines
They show the devastation and Bandeh Aceh.
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Response 107 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Mar 11, 2005 (21:45) * 3 lines
Terry, we just looked at these pictures and they are indeed worth the time to download. How devastating! Only if you have experienced such a calamity do you know the awful feeling. At Kalapana Black Sand Beach on the Island of Hawaii it is like you turned down the wrong street and what you seek is still there but you can't see it from here. Twenty or more feet of lava covered Kalapana. This poor region was obliterated in moments by tsunami. The only saving grace for Hawaii is that the lava flows are slow enough to get out of the way.
Has anyone seen anything about how usable the soil will be? With all that salt water on it, I can imagine it would be infertile for many years to come. Famine will surely follow.
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Response 108 of 148: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Fri, Mar 11, 2005 (22:16) * 1 lines
it is just unimaginable, even with the before and after pics!!!
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Response 109 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Mar 12, 2005 (08:03) * 1 lines
These pictures bring tears to my eyes. I don't usually get emotional about pictures.
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Response 110 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Mar 12, 2005 (14:37) * 5 lines
When I got to Hilo, Hawaii in January most of the stores and all of the schools were still collecting things for those poor tsunami victims. Hilo can relate. The stories I have been told from first hand survivors are worse than any nightmare. This brings feelings of profound sorrow to me. That land will never be the same again. I cannot possibly imagine the grief and horror of having one's mate washed away in just seconds never to be seen again.
The following is a great narration by Father Kircher at the link following. This was my precise experience of a sizeable quake in Hawaii. The more memorable one was 6.7 magnitude but the 7.2 magnitude quake got into the record books.
http://www.circolocalabrese.org/library/history/earthquake1638.asp
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Response 111 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 8, 2005 (01:57) * 55 lines
2005/10/08 03:50 M 7.6 PAKISTAN Z= 10km 34.43N 73.54E
This information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.
(Address problems to: sedas@ghtmail.cr.usgs.gov)
These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake IN PAKISTAN has occurred at:
34.43N 73.54E Depth 10km Sat Oct 8 03:50:38 2005 UTC
Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sat Oct 8 03:50:38 2005
Time Near Epicenter Sat Oct 8 08:50:38 2005
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Fri Oct 7 23:50:38 2005
Central Daylight Time (CDT) Fri Oct 7 22:50:38 2005
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) Fri Oct 7 21:50:38 2005
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) Fri Oct 7 20:50:38 2005
Alaska Daylight Time (ADT) Fri Oct 7 19:50:38 2005
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Fri Oct 7 17:50:38 2005
Location with respect to nearby cities:
95 km (60 miles) NNE of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (pop 524,000)
115 km (70 miles) ESE of Mingaora, Pakistan (pop 174,000)
125 km (75 miles) WNW of Srinagar, Kashmir (pop 894,000)
165 km (105 miles) N of Jhelum, Pakistan
For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usdyae.htm .
Flinn-Engdahl Region Number = 710
For the most significant earthquakes, information may also be
available from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program home page at
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ and the USGS home page at
http://www.usgs.gov/ .
The earthquake information delivered through Bigquake notifications is
preliminary. Subsequent review usually results in some revision to the
data, and all users are advised to check the USGS earthquake program
pages at http://earthquake.usgs.gov for updates. Data users are
cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information
before using it for decisions that concern personal or public safety or
the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational
consequences. Earthquakes are a common occurrence, and many are either
not large enough to cause damage or not located sufficiently close to
populations centers to produce damage. This e-mail does not imply an
impending threat.
Bigquake is an informational tool and NOT an earthquake or tsunami
warning system. The USGS does not produce tsunami warnings. For the
information about tsunamis, please refer to the information given in
the NOAA website http://tsunami.gov .
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Response 112 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 8, 2005 (02:03) * 24 lines
Quake hits Indo-Pakistan border
A strong earthquake has struck parts of Pakistan, northern India and Afghanistan, causing panicked residents to pour out into the streets.
In Islamabad, buildings shook and walls swayed for about a minute shortly before 0900 (0400 GMT).
Residents in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and in the Indian capital, Delhi, are also reported to have felt the tremor.
The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of at least 7.6 and the epicentre was northeast of Islamabad.
Japan's Meteorological Agency put the magnitude at 7.8.
"We can say that it was one of the strongest earthquakes [ever] felt in Islamabad," Mohammad Hanif, an official at the Pakistan Meteorological Department, told the Reuters news agency.
Police in the Pakistani city of Lahore told the Associated Press news agency that at least eight people were injured and four shops were damaged.
Part of a 19-storey building collapsed in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, reports say.
"It was so strong that I saw buildings swaying. It was terrifying," Hari Singh, a guard in an apartment complex in the New Delhi suburb of Noida told the Associated Press news agency.
The earthquake was also felt in the disputed territory of Kashmir.
BBC world news
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Response 113 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Jan 8, 2006 (10:30) * 39 lines
I hope all is well in Greece:
2006/01/08 11:34 M 6.7 SOUTHERN GREECE Z= 38km 36.25N 23.50E
This information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.
(Address problems to: sedas@ghtmail.cr.usgs.gov)
These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake IN SOUTHERN GREECE has occurred at:
36.25N 23.50E Depth 38km Sun Jan 8 11:34:52 2006 UTC
Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sun Jan 8 11:34:52 2006
Time Near Epicenter Sun Jan 8 13:34:52 2006
Eastern Standard Time (EST) Sun Jan 8 06:34:52 2006
Central Standard Time (CST) Sun Jan 8 05:34:52 2006
Mountain Standard Time (MST) Sun Jan 8 04:34:52 2006
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Sun Jan 8 03:34:52 2006
Alaska Standard Time (AST) Sun Jan 8 02:34:52 2006
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Sun Jan 8 01:34:52 2006
Location with respect to nearby cities:
95 km (60 miles) NNW of Chania, Crete, Greece (pop 50,000)
150 km (95 miles) SE of Kalamata, Greece (pop 44,000)
185 km (115 miles) NW of Iraklion, Crete, Greece
195 km (120 miles) S of ATHENS, Greece
For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/ushrak.htm .
Flinn-Engdahl Region Number = 368
For the most significant earthquakes, information may also be
available from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program home page at
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ and the USGS home page at
http://www.usgs.gov/ .
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Response 114 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sun, Jan 8, 2006 (10:33) * 10 lines
Magnitude 6.7 SOUTHERN GREECE
Sunday, January 08, 2006 at 11:34:52 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: A strong earthquake occurred 195 km (120 miles) S of ATHENS, Greece at 4:34 AM MST, Jan 8, 2006 (1:34 PM local time in Greece). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time.
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2006/eq_060108_hrak/neic_hrak_nr.html
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Response 115 of 148: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Mon, Jan 9, 2006 (19:06) * 1 lines
yes, i saw that on a news web. let's hope our grecian (?) is doing well and not in harm's way! *HUGS*
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Response 116 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jan 10, 2006 (22:49) * 1 lines
Our Grecian?
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Response 117 of 148: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, Jan 11, 2006 (09:54) * 1 lines
I think that would be John.
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Response 118 of 148: Curious Wolfie (wolf) * Wed, Jan 11, 2006 (18:53) * 1 lines
yeah, i forgot his name (but not who he is).....thanks cheryl!!
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Response 119 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Jan 13, 2006 (17:09) * 13 lines
JohnVolos. If I put his whole name here google will find it. Apparently most of the damage was on Crete.
St. Michael's Apparition, Earthquake Linked
Jan. 10, 2006— The ancient story of the Archangel Michael, whose legendary apparition influenced the cultural evolution and spread of Christianity throughout Europe, may be linked to earthquake activity in Southern Italy, according to a new study.
The study, published in a recent issue of the journal Tectonophysics, suggests that many early legends were rooted in natural phenomena, such as geological events. The study's author, Luigi Piccardi, has made similar determinations concerning stories about the oracle at Delphi and the Loch Ness monster.
According to legend, the Archangel Michael descended into the ground at Monte Sant'Angelo near the Adriatic Sea, and he temporarily dwelled in a sacred cave there.
The oldest written account, which dates to the 8th century, states, "The Gargano (a rocky promontory) was shaken by a huge tremor, lightning often flew, and a dark cloud covered the whole summit of the mountain (Monte Sant'Angelo)."
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060109/stmichael_his.html
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Response 120 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jan 13, 2006 (18:00) * 1 lines
Google really loves the Spring.
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Response 121 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Jan 26, 2006 (16:48) * 1 lines
How so? Terry, you can't just come in here and say that. We need to know why!
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Response 122 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jan 26, 2006 (20:19) * 1 lines
There are jillions of references to the Spring on google. We've been googled silly.
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Response 123 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Mar 1, 2006 (02:49) * 3 lines
I just got back into Spring using Google. I should not have wondered. I am currently in California with the geologist in the family and looking at far different rocks than those of Hawaii or of Kentucky.
Has anyone heard anything further about the 7.6 earthquake in Mozambique last week? One that strong should have created some sort of disaster.
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Response 124 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Mar 1, 2006 (05:09) * 1 lines
I hadn't heard about it, I don't think it made network news.
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Response 125 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Mar 9, 2006 (12:05) * 1 lines
Alas or happily it was in a mostly unpopulated part of the world. California is great. I will miss it and a few of the inhabitants.
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Response 126 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, May 3, 2006 (15:02) * 36 lines
QUAKE AND TSUNAMI NEAR TONGA
UPDATED 6.33am Thursday May 4, 2006
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A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Tonga this morning, creating a local tsunami which may have caused damage.
A small tsunami of less than half a metre was observed at Niue (east of Tonga) and at Pago Pago in American Samoa (north of Tonga).
There were initial fears a tsunami could also affect New Zealand, Fiji and Hawaii, but all warnings have now been cancelled.
It was not immediately clear what damage was caused by the quake but a report on Sky Television said it was felt in several Tongan islands. A resident told Sky he felt tremors lasting over 30 seconds.
The quake hit 170km northeast of the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa at 3.26am (NZT), at a depth of 38km, the New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) said.
The epicentre was near the Ha'apai islands group in central Tonga, approximately 2150km northeast of Auckland.
The quake was reported by GNS as magnitude 8.1, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii later said it measured 7.8 on the Richer scale.
The Tsunami Warning Centre issued warnings for countries in the region at 3.42am, saying at the time it did not know whether the quake actually generated a tsunami. If it did, it could have hit Fiji at 5.13am and Gisborne at 6.21am.
The Centre later cancelled all warnings, and said New Zealand would likely experience half-metre swells only.
Niue registered a 0.21m wave at 4.03am and Pago Pago registered a 0.15m wave at 4.36am, according to data on the Tsunami Warning Centre website.
A message posted on the website at 5.36am said:
"Sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated. It may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicentre. For those areas - when no major waves are observed for two hours after the estimated time of arrival or damaging waves have not occurred for at least two hours then local authorities can assume the threat is passed.
"Danger to boats and coastal structures can continue for several hours due to rapid currents. as local conditions can cause a wide variation in tsunami wave action the all clear determination must be made by local authorities.
"No tsunami threat exists for other coastal areas in the Pacific although some other areas may experience small sea level changes."
- NZPA, REUTERS, NZHERALD STAFF
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
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Response 127 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, May 3, 2006 (19:17) * 18 lines
Power outage slowed news in Tonga of tsunami warning
Associated Press
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga — A powerful earthquake struck early today near the South Pacific nation of Tonga, prompting tsunami warnings for as far away as Fiji and New Zealand. But the warning never reached Tonga — and was lifted after a tsunami of less than 2 feet.
There were no reports of injuries from the quake or tsunami, and a Tongan official said a few broken windows were the extent of the damage. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu lifted its warning for all areas within two hours. It said there was no data indicating that the 4:26 a.m. earthquake generated a giant wave.
The magnitude 7.9 earthquake, classified by the U.S. Geological Survey as "major," struck about 95 miles south of Neiafu, Tonga, and 1,340 miles north-northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. It occurred 20 miles beneath the sea floor.
But nearly 18 months after a tsunami in the Indian Ocean left at least 216,000 people dead or missing, sparking international calls for a better warning system, Pacific islanders got little or no notice of the latest possible tsunami. The failure raised troubling questions about protections in place for inhabitants of the sparsely populated islands scattered thousands of miles across the earthquake-prone region.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said its first alert went out 16 minutes after the earthquake but was not received in Tonga because of a power failure there.
Gerard Fryer, the center's acting director, said "there was problem in Tonga where there was a power outage and they didn't get our initial message."
Fryer said the center needs to work with Tonga to correct the problem. He said he did not know whether the power failure was caused by the earthquake.
more... http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/May/03/br/br14p.html
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Response 128 of 148: Rob Glennie (southernalps) * Thu, May 4, 2006 (05:02) * 11 lines
Kia Ora
I was first aware that anything had happened at all when the midday news bulletin came on on TV One. Apparently my esteemed Mayor had not been told by Civil Defence of the earthquake or tsunami and was wanting to know what was going on.
Fair comment I guess - when you run a city, you are responsible for overseeing its role in any Civil Defence emergency. In a city with a coastline and thousands of people within the nominated 1km wide coastal zone that should be cleared incase of a tsunami, tens of thousands would have to move.
The earthquake was felt in parts of the North Island, but I was too far south. Maybe if it had been southwest of NZ I would have felt something. It was magnitude 7.8 and centred 55km down, which is too deep to start the the water displacement needed for a tsunami to get hoofing.
No lives lost and no damage caused. Another lucky escape.
Rob
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Response 129 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, May 4, 2006 (12:26) * 0 lines
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Response 130 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, May 4, 2006 (12:29) * 1 lines
Thanks for this report. It was disappointing since I wanted you to feel a bit of the shaking and to report on how it felt. I can still remember my earthquakes too clearly. Starting off with a giant shove... then the shaking starts. Then just when it appears to be dying out, the shaking gets VERY stong and ruins your house and walls and chimmeys and empties grocery store shelves. I almost miss them!
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Response 131 of 148: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, May 6, 2006 (12:10) * 1 lines
Almost but not quite, right?
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Response 132 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, May 8, 2006 (13:23) * 1 lines
I am near enough the New Madrid fault to be concerned. All forces of nature fascinate me and I want to experience them all. Safely... from a distance. Missing the feel of earthquakes is a bit like missing having the flu. Some things we are best missing the entire event.
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Response 133 of 148: Rob Glennie (southernalps) * Tue, May 9, 2006 (07:57) * 5 lines
Kia Ora
Morbid fascinations with faultlines in bizarre places sent me up to Karori nature reserve in Wellington this weekend while I was in town for the Amnesty International NZ section AGM. However the weather was closing in, so I did not get to the reserve in the end. Two of the reservoirs in the reserve are actually sag ponds on top of the Wellington Fault.
Rob
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Response 134 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, May 11, 2006 (14:25) * 1 lines
Not very good planning, I suggest. There are earthen dams all over the US plus levees protecting cities including the one in which I live. Not all are on faults but most are in peril just by water alone. I can't begin to think of how dangerous the earthen dams on fault lines are !
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Response 135 of 148: Rob Glennie (southernalps) * Tue, May 16, 2006 (23:35) * 12 lines
Hi all
I am okay, and the world continues to spin. But Civil Defence will have been caught off guard - they did not do all that well with the earthquake and tsunami two weeks ago.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3670799a11,00.html
Too deep for a tsunami. This was on the old Pacific plate boundary being subducted back into the Earth for recycling.
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Different subject - regarding earth dams, we had an irrigation dam in South Canterbury fail under sustained rain on Waitangi Day 1997. The dam has been rebuilt, but in 2002 concerns were voiced about the possibility of failure in an earthquake. Remedial work has been done, and Environment Canterbury (local Govt authority)notified.
Rob
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Response 136 of 148: Rob Glennie (southernalps) * Wed, May 17, 2006 (07:34) * 7 lines
Kia Ora
The Wellington Fault was not known to exist when the reservoirs were constructed. They were built before the plate tectonics revolution changed the way we look at the Earth.
Rob
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Response 137 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Jun 14, 2006 (11:58) * 1 lines
Some of the greatest engineering and physics universities in the US are in California right on the San Andreas Fault. They knew it was there. I can't imagine the carnage when a large quakes happens - and it Will happen.
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Response 138 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Aug 1, 2007 (16:45) * 29 lines
Region: VANUATU
Geographic coordinates: 15.651S, 167.542E
Magnitude: 7.2 Mw
Depth: 172 km
Universal Time (UTC): 1 Aug 2007 17:08:57
Time near the Epicenter: 2 Aug 2007 04:08:57
Local time in your area: 1 Aug 2007 17:08:57
Location with respect to nearby cities:
46 km (28 miles) ESE (107 degrees) of Santo (Luganville), Vanuatu
247 km (154 miles) NNW (341 degrees) of PORT-VILA, Vanuatu
469 km (291 miles) NNW (337 degrees) of Isangel, Vanuatu
1996 km (1240 miles) NE (52 degrees) of Brisbane, Australia
ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2007fmba
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007fmba.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov
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Response 139 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Aug 1, 2007 (16:46) * 1 lines
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Response 140 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Aug 1, 2007 (16:48) * 1 lines
If this does not work please help me get this back to ordinary type ! Which reminds me of a problem not only I have. Aol has taken over my computer and made both email and browser type gigantic. I cannot figure where to change it. Any suggestions?
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Response 141 of 148: geomancer (cfadm) * Thu, Aug 30, 2007 (17:01) * 1 lines
Wondering about the debate on the recent mine collapse and if it really was an earthquake or similar seismic activity.
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Response 142 of 148: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, Sep 19, 2007 (08:04) * 1 lines
Have they determined if the mine collapse triggered a seismic episode? Or if a small earthquake prompted the collapse?
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Response 143 of 148: geomancer (cfadm) * Fri, Oct 5, 2007 (20:37) * 1 lines
Don't think it was a quake.
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Response 144 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jun 30, 2008 (20:39) * 1 lines
Probably not the quake, though the mine from which my Alexandrites came has been destroyed by the great tsunami's quake. When a whole block of the crust is up- or downthrust, it writes its own chapter in geology. Earthquakes make the whole earth reverberate like a struck bell or a pebble tossed into a pool. A mere mine collapse while cataclysmic for those involved, has little affect on the earth.
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Response 145 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jun 30, 2008 (20:40) * 1 lines
I spoke to Rob and Julie a short time ago on IM. It was good to hear of their success and progress in becoming the next generation of geologists.
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Response 146 of 148: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Jun 30, 2008 (20:41) * 1 lines
There was also a pretty strong earthquake a few months ago in Greece. I am sure John Tsatsaragos felt it (and likely predicted it). I wonder how he is.
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Response 147 of 148: geomancer (cfadm) * Mon, Jul 21, 2008 (20:25) * 1 lines
Wow it sure would be great to hear from Cascade Julie.
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Response 148 of 148: geomancer (cfadm) * Wed, Feb 3, 2010 (07:15) * 3 lines
With the crisis in Haiti going on (I just watched Wyclef Jean on Tavis Smiley) we're going to hold a crisis camp at SXSW in mid March.
I miss Marci's updates here, where can we find you these days (online ( -) ...
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