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Another earthquake?!
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:20 pm
by Kiran
Oh joy, another earthquake along the fault lines that started the tsunami a few months ago...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050328/D8944F581.html
People are panicking
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4388579.stm
I hope no tsunami will be set off by this quake. These people have been through enough as it is.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:51 pm
by Flabby Chick
Day after Xmas, then day after Easter!!!! HHmmmmm!
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:22 pm
by Top Gun
Seismologists have been expecting something along these lines since the first quake occurred. It's common for a large quake to be followed by another relatively large one within a reasonably short time; when the fault line slips with the initial quake, it often gets snagged somewhere else, leading to a second quake as pressure builds up. From the preliminary reports I've heard, there were some casualities related to buildings collapsing, but the tsunami threat didn't amount to much. Let's hope that holds up.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:33 am
by Kyouryuu
As if these people really needed something more dreadful to deal with after that first salvo. Man, I would not want to live there.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:18 am
by roid
there was a tsunami!!
it hit the north west coast of australia and measured.... 30-50centimeters. as it surged inland it whiped out countless millimeters of realestate.
but back to the serious thing. yeah the earthquake has killed a lot of people.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:37 pm
by JMEaT
Flabby Chick wrote:Day after Xmas, then day after Easter!!!! HHmmmmm!
Bwhaha. Divine Retribution!
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:32 pm
by Duper
there were at least 13 smaller quakes from 5.3 - 6.0
Those aren't small.
Question: Is that second large quake considered an after shock of the first? If not, why?
omg.. i sound like a teacher.
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:38 pm
by Top Gun
I actually have heard it referred to as an aftershock.
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:42 am
by Sirius
5.3-6.0 is appreciable, but not really damaging and certainly not devastating unless you live in mudhuts or those notoriously unstable stone tombs that only exist in Hollywood film sets.
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:59 am
by Kiran
Hey all, guess what?
Another earthquake. 6.8 on the scale.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7451724/
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:55 pm
by Kiran
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7455556/
6.1 quake in Tokyo today.
Hmm another earthquake and I'm gonna turn this thread into the Quake Coverage thread.
heh