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Posted on 12/26/2004 4:09:30 PM PST by backhoe
I've heard from other Freepers that Diego Garcia and personnel there are fine. The coral ring apparently deflected much of the impact of the tsunami.
"I just recieved an email from my son who is stationed at Diego Garcia, according to him they didnt even feel the quake, and no sign of any waves coming their way. He was talking more about what a great meal they were fed on Christmas then what was going on elsewhere. Which was FINE with me!"
That is good news. Some of our more learned posters here had said that something in deep water would not even notice a tidal wave passing. Diego Garcia is a coral atol built on the rim of a dormant volcano. So, there is no shallow shelf around it for a tidal wave to pile up on. Somalia, that is on the horn of Africa got hit pretty hard, and it is much father away from the epicenter than DG. So, the wave almost certainly shot by Diego Garcia. It could have been traveling at almost 500 mph.
Happens every time.
Here are the earthquakes in the Australia map area, most recent at the top.
(Some early events may be obscured by later ones.)
MAG DATE UTC-TIME LAT LON DEPTH region
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
5.8 2004/12/27 20:10:48 2.864 95.595 10.0 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA 5.4 2004/12/27 19:28:50 8.569 93.643 10.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.8 2004/12/27 14:46:45 12.356 92.502 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.1 2004/12/27 11:57:53 8.068 92.285 10.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.4 2004/12/27 10:46:46 13.585 93.074 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.2 2004/12/27 10:46:36 13.632 93.102 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.9 2004/12/27 10:05:00 4.785 95.115 10.0 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 6.3 2004/12/27 09:39:03 5.379 94.706 10.0 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 5.4 2004/12/27 06:59:12 3.010 95.538 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA 5.0 2004/12/27 05:10:50 5.980 93.216 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA 5.2 2004/12/27 03:04:39 -4.256 152.683 64.7 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 6.1 2004/12/27 00:49:27 12.978 92.449 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 6.0 2004/12/27 00:32:13 5.502 94.465 10.0 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 5.8 2004/12/26 20:50:31 6.309 126.855 94.7 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES 6.2 2004/12/26 19:19:53 2.770 94.158 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA 5.6 2004/12/26 19:03:47 4.065 94.197 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA 5.6 2004/12/26 15:12:21 6.698 93.017 10.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.7 2004/12/26 15:06:33 3.703 94.021 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA 5.9 2004/12/26 14:48:42 13.602 92.873 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.9 2004/12/26 13:56:37 2.792 94.458 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA 5.5 2004/12/26 12:11:56 11.591 92.447 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.4 2004/12/26 12:09:41 12.210 92.618 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 6.3 2004/12/26 11:05:01 13.542 92.877 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 6.2 2004/12/26 10:19:30 13.455 92.791 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.5 2004/12/26 10:18:13 8.950 93.730 10.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 6.5 2004/12/26 09:20:01 8.867 92.382 10.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.8 2004/12/26 07:38:25 13.119 93.051 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.7 2004/12/26 07:07:10 10.336 93.756 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.7 2004/12/26 06:21:58 10.623 92.323 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 7.5 2004/12/26 04:21:25 6.891 92.891 10.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 6.1 2004/12/26 03:08:42 13.808 92.974 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.9 2004/12/26 02:59:12 3.177 94.259 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA 6.0 2004/12/26 02:51:59 12.511 92.592 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.8 2004/12/26 02:36:06 12.139 93.011 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.8 2004/12/26 02:34:50 4.104 94.184 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA 5.9 2004/12/26 02:22:01 8.813 92.537 10.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.8 2004/12/26 02:15:57 12.354 92.531 10.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 5.8 2004/12/26 01:48:46 5.381 94.441 10.0 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 6.2 2004/12/26 01:21:18 6.372 93.363 10.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION 9.0 2004/12/26 00:58:50 3.244 95.825 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
Everything you always wanted to know about Diego Garcia but were afraid to ask (well, almost everything):
http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/links.html
bttt
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