Another earthquake in Indonesia

[ChrisT]

In case you're not addicted to NYTimes like I am:

 

Major Quake Hits Off Sumatra

By MARIA NEWMAN

 

Published: March 28, 2005

 

 

 

An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5 shook Indonesia today three months after another quake triggered a tsunami that caused widespread devastation in the region.

 

The U.S. Geological Survey said today's quake was located near northern Sumatra, Indonesia, and took place around midnight local time.

 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said there was no tsunami warning or watch in effect right now, but that authorities should be monitoring the situation to determine the need for evacuation in the next few hours.

 

"This earthquake has the potential to generate a widely destructive tsunami in the ocean or seas near the earthquake," the warning center said in an advisory it issued just after the quake rumbled through the area.

 

"Authorities in those regions should be aware of this possibility and take immediate action," it said. "This action should include evacuation of coasts within a thousand kilometers of the epicenter and close monitoring to determine the need for evacuation further away."

 

Charles McCreery, director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, told CNN that it would take up to two hours for the waves to reach Sri Lanka where they could be measured.

[whistlepunk]

I heard somewhere the other day that in America we can expect an onslaught of hurricanes and nasty windstorms form here on out due to climatic changes/global warming. The landscape of Florida as we know it may be laid barren in the not to distant future.

[catbirdseat]

As though it isn't already. Har har har.

[Dru]

I heard somewhere the other day that in America we can expect an onslaught of hurricanes and nasty windstorms form here on out due to climatic changes/global warming. The landscape of Florida as we know it may be laid barren in the not to distant future.

 

and this follows on so logically from news of a new earthquake, because plate tectonics is caused by weather?

[skykilo]

Along the lines of general apocalyptic mayhem, 'sky is falling' kinda shit. I think that was the connection. Can't you fockers stay on topic in spay 'n' shit?

 

420!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ChrisT]

Magnitude = 8.7...that's a pretty big quake!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2005/usweax/

 

BY comparison, the world series quake of '89 was only a 7.0.