[backhoe]

As requested- the usual inelegant fast grab of links, but it covers the best and worst of it.

[xcamel]

updated again to 9.0.

Imagine the power of 12 H bombs all going off at once.

[nevergore]

has anyone heard about Diego Garcia at all? I can't find out about anything....
-Proud To Be An American (on Nevergore's computer)

[proxy_user]

Does anyone know how long a time elapses between the earthquake and the tsumanis hitting lang? I was a little surprised better advance warnings could not have been given, even if it's just a police officer in a truck with a bullhorn.

[Cobra64]

Does anyone know what the tide level was for the psunamis, and they velocities of which hit shore?

[prairiebreeze]

Good work as usual backhoe. Ping Dolly

[UnklGene]

[steplock]

I have seen NO discussion of the prior 8.3 earthquake not too far from there only a few days ago - how it relates to this quake.

Did it cause this earthquake - on the same plate/fault line?

Even more mysterious and definitely never talked about was this near miss by an asteroid on Christmas Eve opposite from the earthquake centers !!??
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=2004+VW14

you can step the simulation forwards/backwards one day at a time!

[mommadooo3]

backhoe, here's one....needs to be made a clickable link. (I ferget how).

http://asc-india.org/events/041226_bob.htm

[Sloth]

So, don't they say that when there's a big earthquake there's usually one on the opposite side of the globe? Because the closest big fault opposite this one seems to be the New Madrid...

Since this one's in the northern hemisphere, the opposite point would have to be in the southern... say, Peru.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

Makes Iraq look like a pretty good place to live.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

From what information I have seen, and TV programs I have watched, tsunami tidal waves mostly average in hight 20 or 30 feet ? and cause massive flooding and damage over a wide are , is that correct ?
How about typhoon tidal waves ? The hurricane IVAN created waves as high as 50 feet in the GULF of MEXICO. What is the historic ( recorded ) highest tidal wave ever recorded by a tsunami or hurricane ? or a mountain/volcano avalanche ? How about a mountain avalanches ? or volcano avalanche ? I was watching a TV program ( history channel ) that a mountain avalanche in Alaska created a tidal wave over 100 feet. but, the wave was more localized in that area.

[Righter-than-Rush]

Pics of historical tsumanis:

http://www.warriorprincess.com/Ep65_Tsunami/tsunami.jpg
http://www.ulst.ac.uk/faculty/science/crg/tsunami.jpg

[backhoe]

 Shock waves picked up in Central Park (Earthquake) -- Within 20 minutes  American researchers realized the potential for tsunamis and tried to get the word out, calling embassies, U.S. naval bases and the State Department.

[backhoe]

 Yikes...warning from Oman now...and this also says 16,000 so far

http://www.terradaily.com/2004/041227075636.772jb0vi.html  

AFP NEWS WIRE

• Foreign tourists missing as tidal waves slam Thailand's Phuket resort
  
• Tidal waves cause havoc in Sri Lanka
  
• Thousands displaced as massive tidal waves hit Sri Lanka
  

[backhoe]

 UPDATE: Tsunami Waves Kill Over 19,930 in Asia

[backhoe]

 

 

Tsunamis - Living on borrowed time?

[backhoe]

 

 Disaster compared to scene from Bible (Planet rotation said affected by 9.0 quake)

[backhoe]

 

 Asia battles earthquake aftermath totalna tragedia

[backhoe]

 

 U.S. Has Asia-Africa Disaster Information