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2004-11-12 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Magnitude 7.3 - KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-12 3:03:55 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Update: At least 16 people are reported to have been killed on the Indonesian island of Alor, off West Timor.

Also, as many as 47 people were badly injured and 485 buildings damaged, including two mosques and four churches.

A second quake with a 6.4 magnitude hit the same area about an hour and half later. There's a whole lot of shaking going on and more coming!

The Asian Pacific rim portion of the so-called Ring of Fire is being jolted with one powerful earthquake after the other.

I am just waiting for a VERY dangerous mega-quake of over 8 on the Richter scale to shockingly destroy both Yokohama and Tokyo.

When? Naturally this can not be accurately predicted, but recent seismic trending is pointing to additional very destructive quakes for Taiwan, Japan, Mainland China and the Islands of the Pacific.

If what I believe is coming for Japan, in terms of monstrous devastation to her twin financial & exporting centres, there shall also be very serious, global economic implications as well, due to the nature of market interconnections.

When this earth shaking event does indeed take place in Japan, (worse than the KobÃ© quake) coupled with the projected, immediate, world-wide financial fallout, everyone will be aware very quickly. Just don't blame me! :- )

Metropolitan Tokyo & Yokohama will be ground zero.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-12 6:48:34 AM|| 2004-11-12 6:48:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 alot of plate movement in this region at the moment , I personally blame the Joooooo's and a lost submarine

Posted by MacNails 2004-11-12 7:48:56 AM|| 2004-11-12 7:48:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Any reports of tidal waves from the Indo quake?

Posted by Steve 2004-11-12 9:38:48 AM|| 2004-11-12 9:38:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Indonesia is one of the prime regions of the world for earthquake activity simply because of the complicated tectonic nature of the Earths crust in the region. Another are that will be devistated by a major quake is Istanbul because of the monster laying in wait in beneath the Sea of Mamarra

Posted by Cheaderhead 2004-11-12 10:19:07 AM|| 2004-11-12 10:19:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 It's message from Allan

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-12 10:38:59 AM|| 2004-11-12 10:38:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Steve, the latest update is not indicating any tidal wave movement but the death toll is now up to 17.

Cheaderhead, your excellent point about the Sea of Mamarra (link) has some people even in Israel concerned over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, since if a Mamarra connected mega-quake extended southward it could knock down major sections of the Islamic sections and therefore the radical Pal Arabs would blame Israel as they just did over Arafat's death in stating 'Israel poisoned him'.

Do you feel that Ankara is more susceptible to a Mamarra triggered monster size quake, more so, or equal to Istanbul?

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-12 12:02:58 PM|| [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4870/Earthquake1999Turkey2.html] 2004-11-12 12:02:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Mark I'm going long on whiskey, fishhooks and seed corn.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-12 1:35:05 PM|| 2004-11-12 1:35:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 If you are worried about a subduction superquake, avoid Seattle/Vancouver.

Posted by phil_b 2004-11-12 2:32:49 PM|| 2004-11-12 2:32:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Ship, lolol at least those 'longs' do not expire unless in Seattle/Vancouver :)

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-12 8:30:35 PM|| 2004-11-12 8:30:35 PM|| Front Page Top

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