Iran Quake Kills 4,000, Toll Expected To Rise

Reuters/Yahoo ^ | 12-26-2003 | Parisa Hafezi

[AgThorn]

From: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/uscvad.htm

Magnitude 6.5 - SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
2003 December 26 01:56:52 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A strong earthquake occurred at 01:56:52 (UTC) on Friday, December 26, 2003. The magnitude 6.5 event has been located in SOUTHEASTERN IRAN. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	6.5
Date-Time	Friday, December 26, 2003 at 01:56:52 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Friday, December 26, 2003 at 5:26:52 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	28.990°N, 58.288°E
Depth	10 km (6 miles) set by location program
Region	SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
Distances	185 km (115 miles) SE of Kerman, Iran 260 km (160 miles) E of Sirjan, Iran 260 km (160 miles) WSW of Zahedan, Iran 975 km (610 miles) SE of TEHRAN, Iran
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst= 76, Nph= 76, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.89 sec, Gp= 43°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	uscvad

[AgThorn]

And therein lies the tale: California has a 6.5 quake and what - 5 people die? Iran has a 6.3 and 4,000 die?

Would you believe, more like 15,000 died! unbelievably tragic.

[null and void]

Sorry, but Anything 200 or 300 years old, doesn't qualify as ANCIENT in ANYONE'S book.

Ahhhh, the diference between an euo-peon and an American.

An American thinks 200 years is a long time.

A euro-peon thinks 200 miles is a long distance.

[RightWhale]

In fact, if I didn't know better, I'd say it looks something else is going on at the California earthquake site. There have been nearly 1000 [that's a lot, an awful lot] aftershocks and they continue. It's like a volcano is getting ready to sprout right there. A VOLCANO? Sure is rumbling.

[AgThorn]

Interesting large number of large quakes in the last week:

Update time = Fri Dec 26 20:32:25 UTC 2003

    MAG    DATE     UTC-TIME    LAT     LON    DEPTH    region
           y/m/d     h:m:s      deg     deg     km
   

MAP 5.4  2003/12/26 03:06:13  28.840   58.344  10.0  SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
MAP 6.5  2003/12/26 01:56:53  28.990   58.288  10.0  SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
MAP 6.0  2003/12/25 23:09:43 -22.433  169.494  10.0  SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 6.5  2003/12/25 20:42:34 -22.300  169.455  10.0  SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 6.0  2003/12/25 14:21:12 -34.825 -178.431  10.0  SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
MAP 6.3  2003/12/25 07:11:11   8.410  -82.845  33.0  PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION
MAP 5.0  2003/12/25 06:55:24  18.409  -68.673 141.1  MONA PASSAGE
MAP 5.5  2003/12/24 11:33:08  -5.732  102.109  33.0  SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAP 5.6  2003/12/23 23:15:27  26.272  125.628  33.0  NORTHEAST OF TAIWAN
MAP 5.3  2003/12/23 23:01:15  26.279  125.680  33.0  NORTHEAST OF TAIWAN
MAP 5.6  2003/12/23 14:02:04  40.034  -29.621  10.0  AZORES ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.2  2003/12/23 13:05:49 -22.731 -175.078  33.0  TONGA REGION
MAP 5.8  2003/12/23 05:58:38  -0.593  -20.381  10.0  CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP 6.5  2003/12/22 19:15:56  35.706 -121.102   7.6  CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.6  2003/12/22 08:47:07  42.336  144.569  33.0  HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP 6.6  2003/12/21 07:40:46  -0.748  -20.560  10.0  CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP 5.4  2003/12/21 06:29:16  -8.753  158.455  43.1  SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 5.6  2003/12/19 22:57:51  -3.734 -102.527  10.0  CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC RISE

[RightWhale]

In fact, Mammoth Lakes is kind of active, too.

[RightWhale]

A 6.3 in PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION yesterday. The world is popping.

[telebob]

"You Have GOT to be KIDDING!!"

I take it you disagree...?

[RightWhale]

citadel) was 70% destroyed in this quake

Thanks for the info. Was wondering.

[blam]

"In fact, if I didn't know better, I'd say it looks something else is going on at the California earthquake site. There have been nearly 1000 [that's a lot, an awful lot] aftershocks and they continue. It's like a volcano is getting ready to sprout right there. A VOLCANO? Sure is rumbling."

Are you serious? My son lives in the LA area...he's visiting me presently. (tell me about your suspicions.)

[RightWhale]

Just look at this

Even over in Utah!

[blam]

"Would you believe, more like 15,000 died! unbelievably tragic."

Do you believe this 15k number?

[blam]

"Even over in Utah!"

Are we all gonna die?

[RightWhale]

Very likely. Maybe not today, though.

[AgThorn]

since it's now climbed to 20,000 I do believe that it is something rather substantial ... allowing for media reporting unsubstantiated stat's, I agree that we should listen with caution but this apparently seems quite large as multiple sources are now reporting.