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[Baron Aloha]

Initial measurements put it at 6.9-7.0 on the Richter scale. It took place partially underground and partially under water.

 

[Justin Bailey]

Maybe the end really is nigh.

 

[Baconäger]

Let's hope people are smart enough to get off the beach this time.

 

[Ford Prefect]

So, to put it into a perspective I can understand, is this a big thing?

 

[AntoneM]

a 6.9-7.0 is noting to laugh at but to put it into perspective a 7.0 is exactly 2 orders of magnitude weaker than a 9.0 -> about the strength of the tsunami quake.

 

[Drozmight]

If I were to die... I'd want to die.

 

[Dilbert]

Initial measurements put it at 6.9-7.0 on the Richter scale. It took place partially underground and partially under water.

Source? I haven't found this yet...

 

[Anthropic]

The USGS Quake page says that a 6.5 just occured in Indonesia:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usurbm.htm

 

[Justin Bailey]

CNN has something now as well.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/indonesia.quake.reut/index.html

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

Maybe the end really is nigh.

The end is always nigh. You just keep missing it.