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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Strong earthquake hits off Sumatra |
| 2007-09-27 |
 A powerful undersea earthquake rattled western Indonesia on Wednesday, geological agencies said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The 6.4-magnitude quake was centered 130 kilometers southwest of Padang, a town on Sumatra island still recovering from a series of strong tremors that killed nearly two dozen people earlier this month, the US Geological Survey reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 We will have to watch the seismic activity in this area closely. Increasing frequency of tremors would indicate the beginnings of a volcanic eruption. I wonder how things are going with tsunami warning, as well as disaster plans for major earthquakes and eruptions for the Indonesian government, or have they delegated that task to the Ministry of Insh'Allah? The family and I were enroute to New Zealand when the earthquake hit and the large tsunami hit the area. There were a lot of grandstanders, but those that did the big response quickly were the US, New Zealand, and Australia. The Indonesian govt fell flat on its corrupt face. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-09-27 14:33 |
| #2 With each one of these little 6-8 magnitude quakes we're transferring tectonic stress to the west, and storing it up. If our calculations are right we'll be ready to trigger a really big one in PakiWakiLand's NWFP. That ought to shake those caves down. Oh, and relocate the globe's highest point from Everest to K2. |
| Posted by: Halliburton Earthquake Division 2007-09-27 12:40 |
| #1 Earth Changes = Land Shifts/Sinkings are taking place down there - iff locals refuse or don't wanna pray to ease the wrath of God, then get the hell out in order to save their own lives while they still can. BECUZ THE QUAKIN' AND STORMIN', ETC. WILL GET WORSE. Why wait for USN Carriers and other large-hold ships to take youse elsewhere once land starts collapsing/eroding into the sea? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-09-27 00:44 |