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Indonesia Struck by Magnitude-7.5 Quake
2008-11-17
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi early today, killing one person and leveling buildings. The death occurred when a house collapsed near the city of Gorontalo, about 1,950 kilometers (1,200 miles) northeast of Jakarta, said Rustam S. Pakaya, head of crisis management at the Indonesian Health Ministry.

Several buildings, including a partially built school, were destroyed when the temblor struck at 1:02 a.m. local time. A tsunami warning issued by the Indonesian government was canceled about 30 minutes after the quake. The temblor struck 135 kilometers northwest of Gorontalo at a depth of 26 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Today's quake caused buildings to collapse in Tolitoli, located west of Gorontalo, Agence France-Presse reported, citing residents. Three aftershocks of magnitude 5.1 or higher struck the area, the latest at 6:33 a.m. local time.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  WORLD MIL FORUM > A FEW GRAMS OF MATERIALS FROM ADVANCED US ANTI-MATTER RESEARCH AND WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT COLD DESTROY THE ENTIRE WORLD VIA "GLOBAL WAR FOR EXTINCTION". Super-Nukular style BOOM-BOOMS = MUSHROOM CLOUDS BUT WIDOUT THE DEADLY RADIOACTIVE AFTER-EFFECTS {AM Pert John Edwards].

Not just NUKEY DESTRUCTION, BUT QUICK/RAPID EXTINCTION.

IOW, THINK SUPER DUPER NEUTRON BOMBS AND SIMILAR.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-11-17 22:48  

#3  OOPSIES, forgot to say that RIAN ARICLE > fluxes/variabilities in Earth's magnetic field as affected by Solar Radiation/Energies is prob the cause of the MANY HIGH-MAGNITUDE QUAKES WORLD HAS EXPERIENCED IN RECENT TIMES.

* Lest we fergit, 2012 > QUAKE HEARD/FELT AROUND THE WORLD [Global Quake].

Which is likely, as I'd posted on the Net already, why the USAF-DOD wants certain advanced satellite missions to add new missions including the monitoring and collection of SUN/SOLAR DATAS
[e.g. SIRIUS Event = SUN, NOT SPACE ALIENS].

D *** NG IT, MORIARITY, WHAT STAR TREKKIE FAN, ETC. MALE WOULDN'T LIKE SEXY SLINKY ORION SPACE BIKINI BABES, ESPEC ON FUTURE SPACE/STAR ILLUSTRATED SPORTS POSTERS, BUT THE ORION BABES, ETAL. ARE BESIDES THE POINT!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-11-17 22:18  

#2  ION RIAN > ANOTHER GREAT FLOOD: TIME TO BUILD ANOTHER [Noah's]ARK? HEAD FOR THE HILLS - you know, SIBERIA!

Article > World has entered a period not only of GREAT POLITICAL INSTABILITY, BUT ALSO GREAT CLIMATE = ELECTRO-MAGNETIC INSTABILITY. It is well-known by Science that Earth's magnetic field has been weakening since first detected back in the early 20th century, thru the 1980's and 1990's to present. A decrease of one second per year in Earth's rotational speed releases tremendous amounts or quantities of HEAT ENERGY UPON THE GLOBE/WORLD, AND MUCH GREATER THAN ANY HEAT PRODUCED BY PAN-HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN ALL OF RECORDED HUMAN HISTORY = HUMAN CIVILIZATION. Earth may had experienced up to 30 epochs of NOAH-STYLE, NATURAL GREAT FLOODS, the last being NOAH's FLOOD ITSELF, believed by many Perts to had prob occurred circa back in 11,100 B.C.
Weakness or redux in Earth's magnetic field likely also responsible for OZONE HOLES + POLE(S) SHIFTS, WID "RIPPLE/DOMINO" EFFECTS AS PER INDUCEMENT OF GLOBAL HEATING + COOLING PERIODS.

*IOW, ARTICLE > doesn't describe iff INCREASED SOLAR MAGNETIC/EM OUTPUT IS CAUSING THE SLOWDOWNS IN EARTH'S ROTATIONAL-ORBITAL VELOCITY???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-11-17 22:04  

#1  wake me up when it's an 8.
Posted by: 3dc   2008-11-17 15:04  

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