China Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 This is not a repeat of yesterday's news. This is another quake. Powerful earthquake rocks western Indonesia JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's meteorological agency says a powerful earthquake has shaken western Indonesia. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami alert for Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Thailand. The Indonesian agency said the tremor had a magnitude of 7.6. Its epicenter was just off the coast of Sumatra The U.S. Geological Survey put the strength at 7.9. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantarace17 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 alot of eartquakes happening there recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbear Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Mother nature is unhappy with our failure to pass health care reform eh? In all seriousness, this is a part of the world where the death toll could be much higher than the larger earthquake near the comparatively unpopulated American Samoa. Yikes. I do at some point wonder if there isn't more that could be done on a global scale for these types of disasters. So many places just aren't and really can't be prepared (don't have the resources to prepare adequately). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Bleed_B&G Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 not to self: "Never move to Indonesia." That place gets hit with an Earthquake like 10 times a year and not with the small ones but ones that do major damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Bleed_B&G Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 Powerful Quakes Upend Lives of Thousands Thousands of people on Wednesday grappled with the devastation caused by two powerful earthquakes, with landslides leaving scores trapped in rubble in Indonesia and a tsunami in the Samoas flattening villages and sweeping some residents out to sea. Officials in Indonesia reported finding 200 bodies and said the toll was likely to be much higher, while at least 119 people were killed in the Samoan region. The Indonesia quake, with a magnitude of 7.6, hit at 5:15 p.m. local time Wednesday. It knocked down buildings, started fires, destroyed roads, and cut off power and communications to Padang, a coastal city of 900,000 on Sumatra island. Buildings swayed hundreds of miles away in neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. In sprawling, low-lying Padang, the shaking was so intense that people crouched or sat on the street to avoid falling. Children screamed as thousands of people tried to get away from the coast in cars and on motorbikes, honking horns. The quake occurred a day after a killer tsunami hit islands in the South Pacific. It was along the same fault line that spawned the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 11 nations. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbiggs Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Damn global warming! :mad: If it ain't global warming its Adam Archeleta's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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