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Earthquake in Mecca! (only a little one)
Trial run for Halliburton's latest high-energy application?Allah letting them know that it isn't good form to gloat about Katrina? Psychic harmonic effects from kindred spirits in San Francisco? EFL Makkah Quake a Minor Event, Says Geologist Roger Harrison & Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab News JEDDAH/MAKKAH, 14 September 2005 â The earthquake that shook Makkahâs Al-Otaibiyyah neighborhood, about two kilometers from the Grand Mosque, at 2 a.m. on Monday has engendered a sense of shock and vulnerability in the citizens of Makkah. There were no casualties and no damage to buildings, although residents reported dogs barking just before the shocks and a sound of rumbling or what sounded like an explosion. The tremors, which are variously reported as occurring for between one and nine hours after the initial shock, kept tension high in the city. Suggestions that the tremors were caused by construction work going on in the city have been discounted. Twenty-three-year-old Siraj Muhammad Omar, a resident of the Al-Otaibiyyah neighborhood, was thankful that there was no damage. He said he felt the earth move four times, with the first and fourth shakes being the strongest. He and seven other family members were scared after the first jolt and rushed to the roof of the building. Muhammad Baid, a 22-year-old Moroccan, said he left the house soon after feeling the first shake and went back when everything returned to normal. Seventeen-year-old Aiyman Al-Maihmadi was at the controls of his PlayStation when he heard a low rumble, followed by a soft knock and then a hard knock. He said people rushed on to Shara Al-Jazayer, where many people milled around wondering what had caused the shakes. Makkah Governor Prince Abdul Majeed has formed a committee to establish the exact circumstances and details of the event. Dr. Ian Stewart, geophysical technical adviser to the Saudi Geological Society (SGS), said the scale of the shock in Makkah was ânot worth worrying about.â The earthquake was monitored in Madinah, 300 km away, at about 3.7 on the Richter scale. âAnything which is moderately well built shouldnât suffer anything at all. It would hardly raise an eyebrow in California,â he said. California is an extremely active earthquake zone. Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-09-14 |
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