6.8-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Waters Off Indonesia, page 1

6.8-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Waters Off Indonesia

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The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.8-magnitude quake hit 90 miles southwest of Bengkulu, a city on Sumatra island. It was centered about three miles beneath the ocean floor.

Though strong and shallow, the temblor did not spawn a tsunami, said Fauzi, an official with Indonesia's geological agency. Like many here, he only uses one name.

Residents in Bengkulu, a city frequently hit by quakes, showed few signs of panic, said Haris Said Hakim, a geological agency official based in the city. ...

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I'm no earthquake expert, but isn't a 6.8 earthquake serious? While watching the news, I saw a small 5-second snippet about this, and then they went back to talking about Obama. It's disturbing to see that the media thinks a man who has been talked about nonstop for over a year now is more important than an earthquake that could have killed hundreds of lives. I hope the people in Indonesia are okay.

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They had a 7.7 about a week ago, I heard about it just after it happened, there was a tsunami alert for awhile as well

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reply to post by Chadwickus

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Really? I haven't heard anything on the news about that. Is the media just ignoring it on purpose to fit in more Obama coverage, or are we desensitized to it now?

reply to post by SonicInfinity

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My vote goes to Obama coverage. I too thought an earthquake of this magnitude was pretty big news. I thought anything above a 7 was very dangerous. Guess I was misinformed. Thanks for the update.

There were three earthquakes today over 6.0

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 5.7 2008/11/22 23:06:48 -37.164 -94.814 10.0 WEST CHILE RISE
MAP 5.0 2008/11/22 22:05:56 -4.654 101.185 10.0 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP 5.1 2008/11/22 20:25:52 -9.056 -75.578 43.2 CENTRAL PERU
MAP 6.2 2008/11/22 18:49:44 -1.140 -13.896 10.0 NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND
MAP 5.5 2008/11/22 17:22:35 -22.389 171.289 56.0 SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 5.7 2008/11/22 16:11:47 -4.531 101.358 10.0 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP 6.3 2008/11/22 16:01:39 -22.524 171.109 48.3 SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 6.3 2008/11/22 16:01:00 -4.344 101.243 10.0 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

SOURCE: neic.usgs.gov...

I perused the archives and could not find a day in the last year where there were 3 this size in one day. I know nothing of earthquakes, but this is a little disturbing to me. Maybe I'm worried for nothing. Is it earthquakes over 7 that are considered more significant?

Seems the Pacific Ring of Fire is shaking quite a bit, I would start to watch other areas now, Japan is one that could start.

keep in mind though that it quite normal for them to have quakes from 5 through to 6, Its the depth of the quake that really can matter, the nearer it is to the surface the more deadly,

Here is a list of counrtys on the Rim,

The countries in the Ring of Fire are: Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Mexico, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Korea, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Tavalu, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, United States of America, Vanuatu, Vietnam.

en.wikipedia.org...

Again seems like December early January tend to see alot more of the bigger readings from what i have seen over the past few years's.


[edit on 22-11-2008 by asala]

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