7.8 earthquake Papua Indonesia

Tsunami reported by Japan.


Japan registers small tsunami waves after Indonesia quakes

We are doooomed!!!

Bring it on.. lol

Has anyone noticed how all of the "aftershocks" from the two < 7.0 mag quakes are not lessening but increasing. Seems the earth is very active and could portend another very large quake on the horizon.

I got a call from my family in Afghanistan that said they too felt an quake in Afghanistan at midnight last night.

It lasted less than a minute but everyone was frightened.

Tsunamis reported in Indonesia as well as other places in the western pacific.



EDIS Number GW-20090104-19896-IDN
Event type Giant Wave Impact Date / time [UTC] 04/01/2009 - 06:04:58
Country Indonesia Area Borasi, Pasar Borobudur, Wirsi, Sanggeng, Wosi, Rendani, Kampung Ambon, Pasir Putih
County / State Province of West Papua City -
Cause of event Earthquake M 7.5 Log date [UTC] 04/01/2009 - 06:04:58
Damage level Heavy Time left -
Latitude: S 0° 52.588 Longitude: E 134° 4.505

hisz.rsoe.hu...

Thousands of people living in coastal areas and in floating houses in Manokwari, West Papua province, fled to hills or other elevated places as a tidal wave hit the area at 12 am local time on Monday. The tidal wave which reached heights of up to five meters swept through the coastal villages of Borasi, Pasar Borobudur, Wirsi, Sanggeng, Wosi, Rendani, Kampung Ambon, Pasir Putih and also reached the city center. Earlier in the day, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Manokwari and Sorong areas but the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said the temblor did not have the potential of triggering a tsunami. The earthquake caused cracks in the walls of a number of urban buildings, including Hadi Mall, Bank Mandiri, Bank Papua and Sanggeng Department Store. But there were no immediate reports of casualties. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 1.17 degrees southern latitude and 131.94 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of 50 km below sea level, 78 km southeast of Sorong, 199 km southwest of Manokwari and 144 km northwest of Kaimana, West Papua province. Water from the tidal wave also reached streets at the Manokwari city center causing thousands of people to rush out of buildings to find safer places. They took refuge in the hills of Reremi, Wosi, Rendani, Gunung Meja, Manggopai and at the University of Papua (Unipa) campus which is located in an area about 500 meters above sea level.)

so they called off the tsunami warning, only for one to happen.

how can you trust any of the agencies or "warnings"?

They just got hit with a 5.4 near the north coast of papua This is 6 quakes over 5 after the big 1 hit.

Sounds like rough times right now.

[edit on 4-1-2009 by whoshotJR]

Wow! That's news to me. This happened today and wasn't reported until now?

Thanks for the update.

Oh my... so there was a tsunami after all!?? Any more sources reporting on it ?

reply to post by pynner

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Dude. I just checked. That happened A YEAR AGO.

Exactly - We have to remember that "experts" don't know everything.
No one can predict what the earth will do - in many instances.

They have recently added Tsunami Warning signs along the coast of California.
Clearly "they" don't know when - but they are warning you that it can happen.

These Huge wave impacts have been happening more and
more frequently all over the world.

I just added the equake app on firefox this morning (i found out about on one the yellowstone threads) and it's been going off all day with these earthquakes in indonesia.

another aftershock..
getting bigger again


M 6.0, near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia

Date:
Sunday, January 4, 2009 07:14:00 UTC
Sunday, January 4, 2009 04:14:00 PM at epicenter
Depth:
47.00 km (29.20 mi)



and I still say there was a tsunami... look it up.

Jesus 6.0 now...something is going on...aftershocks are not supposed to be like this...as far as I know.

My fire fox alert is filled with Indonesia quakes, so many it isn't even funny... lots of 4-6s,and multiple 6-7 over the course of the past days.

Here's what the map looks like at the moment:




Click here for updates:
USGS: 10-degree Map Centered at 0°N,135°E

21??

over the course of about 3 days?

Thats not right is it? Especially the afterquakes reaching into the 6's..

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I'm no expert and I have a question to throw out there...Is it possible that the earthquakes can be releasing pressure which may have built up and they may be better than the pressure being vented through a major eruption? What are the chances of this? Any information anyone can give me regarding this theory?

at least 3 dead, 19 injured..

Quakes kill at least 3 in eastern Indonesia



CORRECTION: 4 reported dead..

Series of Quakes Kill 4 In Indonesia

[edit on 4-1-2009 by nomorelies]

reply to post by pynner

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well, it says it was a tidal wave, which if i'm not mistaken is not the same or as devastating as a tsunami? strangely though i can't seem to find any mention of a tidal wave (or tsunami) anywhere in the news..