Major quake hits Indonesia (7.5, preliminary)

Major quake hits Indonesia (7.5, preliminary)

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A major earthquake hit off the coast of western Sumatra, Indonesia, on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The preliminary magnitude was put at 7.5 by the USGS.

It said the quake, which hit at around 10:42 am ET (9:42 pm local time) was located 149 miles south of Padang.

A tsunami warning was issued by the Indonesian earthquake monitoring agency.

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Just saw this breaking, have no infoo yet on tsunami, stay tuned.......

Trying to remember where in the hell is Sumatraa, gota fire up google maps.

Oh my god, I cant post cuz of not enough comments, this just happened, don't have anything else to say right now, don't know enough to comment any more.

Is that enough dribble!!

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Keep in mind today is the day that the magnetic storms from the sun are going to be higher than a long long time...

Wonder if there is a correlation

Pacific Tsunami Center issued a local watch but don't expect severe Tsunami.

Originally posted by HunkaHunka
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Keep in mind today is the day that the magnetic storms from the sun are going to be higher than a long long time...

Wonder if there is a correlation

Yes I was expecting an increase today due to solar activity but having checked on spaceweather.com this has not arrived yet, I wonder does this mean there could be more to come today?

A tsunami watch has been issued:

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According to RSOE EDIS there were two EQ back to back, both being 7.5 mag, and one being at a depth of 14 km, while the other was at a depth of 33 km.

There are no Geomagnetic storm warnings as of yet for today, although I do remember reading on ATS that we were expected to get something today.

It appears there is only a Tsunami watch, no warning, and none detected so far. This wasn't very far off shore, so the tsunami would have probably had immediate impact.