Breaking- 7.8-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Sumatra, Indonesia

FOX NEWS ^ | 6 April 2010

[SE Mom]

7.8-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Sumatra, Indonesia

[SE Mom]

Breaking now..

[SE Mom]

ping

[Mr. Mojo]

Krakatoa territory.

[Gay State Conservative]

Surf's up in Australia and Hawaii.

[SoDak]

Is it just me, or is there an earthquake a week latelly?

[Las Vegas Ron]

Dang, you’re quick!!

Prayers up....hoping it is another typo by the USGS!

[SE Mom]

Lot’s of action lately..

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010utc5.php

Magnitude 7.8 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2010 April 06 22:15:02 UTC
Versión en Español
DetailsSummaryMapsScientific & TechnicalTsunami Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.8
Date-Time Tuesday, April 06, 2010 at 22:15:02 UTC
Wednesday, April 07, 2010 at 05:15:02 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 2.236°N, 97.046°E
Depth 46 km (28.6 miles)
Region NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances 205 km (125 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
230 km (145 miles) SW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
525 km (325 miles) W of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
1425 km (880 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles); depth +/- 11.6 km (7.2 miles)
Parameters NST= 58, Nph= 63, Dmin=330.6 km, Rmss=0.81 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

[KoRn]

Uh oh....

[quintr]

Biggies too!

[concerned about politics]

There’s a lot of shaking going on lately. Birth pangs?

[quintr]

Algore’s fault

[freedumb2003]

>>Is it just me, or is there an earthquake a week latelly?<<

I think 2012 was a rounding error... 2010 seems to be the real deal.

[steveo]

Big quakes happen all the time.

[La Enchiladita]

Wow, these EQs are getting stronger.... makes me wonder what our BIG ONE in Cali will be like... the Sunday Mexico quake was definitely felt all the way up in L.A.

[umgud]

I didn’t even feel it here in CA.

[Doomonyou]

Mother Earth is rockin and rollin lately.

[fishtank]

I’d love to look at that question in detail.

With real statistics.

Then figure out what would constitute a “significant” increase”.

Time, time, time.

[Halls]

Christ is returning soon. Be prepared and be watching! :)

[Churchillspirit]

One good thing - it is fairly deep. Might lessen the impact.

Prayers for all in the area.

[SE Mom]

I was looking for you on the Baja thread the other day- checking on you! Glad you’re well.

[UCANSEE2]

Is it just me, or is there an earthquake a week latelly?

Actually, there are hundreds of earthquakes every week.

[Mariner]

Well, this is another near-certain disaster.

[Jedidah]

Let us all know that you’re not on the beach and safe on high ground away from big waves.

[Palmetto Patriot]

Depth 28.6 miles - that’s deep, isn’t it? And that’s a good thing, right?

I have little knowledge about earthquakes, can someone help me out on this?

[deport]

[Las Vegas Ron]

Actually, there are hundreds of earthquakes every week.

7.8's??? I don't think so.

[SoDak]

That very well could be, I’m no seismologist, just statiing my perceptions.

[TigerLikesRooster]

The whole pacific plate is acting up.

[SoDak]

Yeah, that’s come to mind lately.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Waiting to see if tsunamis are a threat..

[topfile]

Dec 26th 2004

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPj41JySMLk

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks, SE Mom. We are overdue and we know it, nothing we can do but hang in here. Sure is beautiful today:-)!!

[MARTIAL MONK]

Waiting to see if tsunamis are a threat..

I think Iowa is safe.

[Jack Hydrazine]

The increasing seismicity across the Earth might be due to the weakening of the magnetic field.
http://www.iceagenow.com/Chile_Quake_Shoved_Islands_Upward.htm

[TSgt]

CRAP!

I leave for Kona Hawaii Saturday, if it’s still there...

[SE Mom]

[dfwgator]

There are always earthquakes, it’s just with technology we know more about when they occur.

[Ramius]

Woah. That’s big.

[concerned about politics]

Actually, there are hundreds of earthquakes every week.

Yeah, but we seem to be getting a lot of bigger ones lately.
I used to check out the world quake map every now and then when I was bored silly. There were a lot of little "squares" all over the place, but not many big ones. Not like we've seen.....since Oboma was immaculated. (Some people say there's no such thing as coincidences.)

[mgstarr]

When it rains it pours.

[Strategerist]

Krakatoa territory.

This earthquake is over 600 miles from Krakatoa.

[dfwgator]

Just came back from a Hawaii trip, it was great.

[SE Mom]

Lots of other really smart geo-freepers- but I know that if it’s shallow it’s likely to cause more trouble.

[circlecity]

"I think 2012 was a rounding error... 2010 seems to be the real deal."

Actually the scientific basis for the 2012 theory is that earth is entering the gravitational plane created by the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. As we get closer and closer to the middle of the gravitational plane we are supposed to see an increase in large earthquakes, culminating in a pole shift in 2012 when we are smack dam in the center of the plane. The recent wave of earthquakes are just what is predicted. I'm not saying I buy it all, but these events are interesting.

[Strategerist]

Iceagenow is one of the greatest fountains of absolute scientific nonsense on the internet.

[TSgt]

We love Kona, this is our 4th trip.

Flights and hotel are dirt cheap right now!

[Spunky]

"Birth pangs?"

Obama making sure his Indonesian citizenship records are destroyed.

[Liberty Valance]

bump

[Strategerist]

Well, this is another near-certain disaster.

Eh, it's a decent distance offshore, it wasn't near the major west-coast cities of Sumatra, and a M 7.8 earthquake is unlikely to create anything larger than a very localized tsunami.

[Anti-Hillary]

I think I heard about that somewhere???.....

The times they are a changing... Look up folks!!!