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Lonestar · Dec 26, 2004

holy shit, a 9.0! :/

Culex · Dec 26, 2004

That ties it for the 3rd strongest in recorded history. @_@

Fresh Prince · Dec 26, 2004

Roshamboi said:
I'm sorry to all those who have lost families and or relatives due to this quake. My heart goes out to them. Cowabunga dudes.........

Roshi

Smart.....

Apparently the Indian Ocean doesn't have a warning system like the Pacific...no warning system coupled with poor living conditions equal a lot of innocent people dead.

Hopefully the sub-continent gets their act together so such a disaster doesn't happen again :\
Apparently there are more after shocks to come......

Socreges · Dec 26, 2004

A friend just reminded me that one of our buddies from school went to Sri Lanka over the break. :\

Ill Saint · Dec 26, 2004

Fresh Prince said:
Smart.....

Apparently the Indian Ocean doesn't have a warning system like the Pacific...no warning system coupled with poor living conditions equal a lot of innocent people dead.

Hopefully the sub-continent gets their act together so such a disaster doesn't happen again :\
Apparently there are more after shocks to come......

And not to mention this all too common scenario:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4125619.stm

Today morning at about ten o clock, we heard that our island has been hit by tsunamis. Here in Sri Lanka we have very little knowledge about tsunamis, so we all went down to the sea and watched to our amazement that the sea had receded and everything was calm, so we were all swimming and fishing, and no one noticed that the sea level had gradually risen, until the sea became very rough and within a time space of five minutes our shores were hit by a large wave. Fortunately we were all able to escape as the wave was not very large and was slow moving, but still some houses along the coast were damaged.
Kavveen Kanagarajh, Colombo, Sri Lanka

MIMIC · Dec 26, 2004

Just heard it was recorded as a freakin 9.0.

Fresh Prince · Dec 26, 2004

Ill Saint said:
And not to mention this all too common scenario:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4125619.stm

Heard about similar incidents too from BBC radio and the such. A lot of fishermen are still missing, coupled with many tourists that go to Southern India for the holidays..just sad to hear.

Hopefully aid arrives and alleviates the people's suffering as well as the economic costs of reconstructing new infastructure.

Vitten · Dec 26, 2004

If this one would have been near a large city the deathtoll would have been astronomical.

Imagine a 9.0 happening at the San Andreas fault.. hasta la vista baby !

Pimpwerx · Dec 27, 2004

Ill Saint said:
And not to mention this all too common scenario:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4125619.stm

Man, all seaside communities have to educate their inhabitants. When the seas recede, head for high land. This kind of thing happens way too often with tsunamis. PEACE.

cvxfreak · Dec 27, 2004

cja said:
Amazing how an earthquake can lead to the death of people more than 4,000 miles away from the epicenter

Upgraded to a 9.0.

"Upgraded" is a REEEEEEEAAAL bad word here.

seanoff · Dec 27, 2004

This is horrible.

I'm surprised it wasn't more dead.

Phi Phi and Phuket, the Maldives and Southern Sri Lanka are all big holiday destinations in this part of the world and they were chokkas for chrissie. Getting reports here of people getting swept out of restuarants in Phuket and other people waking up swimming. I'm really surprised its not more. They are reporting 14000+ here but there are large chunks with no reports.

Gibbo · Dec 27, 2004

Oh man, woke up this morning only to see the death toll rise to 10 000+. A few members of my church ,including the pastor was supposed to visit Phuket this week but did not do so in the end for some reason

doncale · Dec 27, 2004

"All the planet is vibrating" from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake_23&printer=1

whoa

Naked Snake · Dec 27, 2004

doncale said:
"All the planet is vibrating" from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake_23&printer=1

whoa

Holy shit

NetMapel · Dec 27, 2004

doncale said:
"All the planet is vibrating" from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake_23&printer=1

whoa

Is that why the odd of the asteroid hitting Earth has been increased from 1/63 to 1/45 ? God.........

pestul · Dec 27, 2004

Ruh oh.. sounds like we're going to have to send a crew of 20yr olds to the center of the Earth to save everyone.

On a serious note, this is truely terrible.. It's so hard to fathom that our existence is dependent on the ebs/flows of a sea of magma.

Desperado · Dec 27, 2004

NetMapel said:
Is that why the odd of the asteroid hitting Earth has been increased from 1/63 to 1/45 ? God.........

rotation not orbit..

Ill Saint · Dec 27, 2004

NetMapel said:
Is that why the odd of the asteroid hitting Earth has been increased from 1/63 to 1/45 ? God.........

Hehehe, your paranoia regarding the asteroid is quite funny.

MIMIC · Dec 27, 2004

doncale said:
"All the planet is vibrating" from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake_23&printer=1

whoa

:lol omg

Lemurnator · Dec 27, 2004

I would never want to live near an ocean.

Lemurnator · Dec 27, 2004

I don't think anything about this is funny. At all.

BojTrek · Dec 27, 2004

Are there any videos of the wall of water coming in? That had to been unreal to see... and survive...

Malleymal · Dec 27, 2004

sad.... just sad... any jokes about this are plain pussy...

DCX · Dec 27, 2004

....man...that's some sci-fi shit!! I truly see something like Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow happening and that's scary...i really hope the government has plans in place in case of such a catastrophe.

DCX

Poody · Dec 27, 2004

BojTrek said:
Are there any videos of the wall of water coming in? That had to been unreal to see... and survive...

Yeah seriosuly I would love to know how it looks. Only thing I've seen resembling a real Tsunami's would be superman saving metroplis.

Doc Holliday · Dec 27, 2004

They have videos but it looks nothing like you would think. The water just crashes in low not with a huge wall 'deep impact' style.

Trevelyon · Dec 27, 2004

I don't think you'll see anything remotely close to what you see in the movies. These waves usually break hundreds of metres off shore, then sweep in like a raging torrent.

Anthropic · Dec 27, 2004

The amount of energy that a 9.0 earthquake releases is the equivalent of 32 Gigatons of TNT being set off...

That's something like 20 times the energy of the entire US nuclear arsenal (7000 nukes @ 150 -300 kt each).

olimario · Dec 27, 2004

Anthropic said:
The amount of energy that a 9.0 earthquake releases is the equivalent of 32 Gigatons of TNT being set off...

That's something like 20 times the energy of the entire US nuclear arsenal (7000 nukes @ 150 -300 kt each).

Human Race own3d by nature. Mother of GOD that's amazing.

DSN2K · Dec 27, 2004

their is no better weapon of mass destruction then mother earth.

Incognito · Dec 27, 2004

Anthropic said:
The amount of energy that a 9.0 earthquake releases is the equivalent of 32 Gigatons of TNT being set off...

That's something like 20 times the energy of the entire US nuclear arsenal (7000 nukes @ 150 -300 kt each).

jesus h. christ... that's simply unreal.

rastex · Dec 27, 2004

From that same site:
12.0 on Richter is equal to 160 trillion tons of TNT. What's really incredible though is that is the same amount of energy that the Earth receives in sunlight every day.

Remember that earthquake in Turkey? Hopefully this isn't something similar to that where the death toll just continues to rise

belgurdo · Dec 27, 2004

DSN2K said:
their is no better weapon of mass destruction then mother earth.

"...really? Hmmm..."

Non-funny: This is some serious shit, though. Gonna take a lot to rebuild those countries and get everything straight again

MIMIC · Dec 27, 2004

CNN has switched over to CNN Asia...they showed an animated satellite view of what the tsunamis looked like as the raced from the epicenter toward land.

Socreges · Dec 27, 2004

My friend is alive. But supposedly he's trapped. It's been a while since they've last spoken to him.

I believe he's OK, but it's scary.

Ill Saint · Dec 27, 2004

More than 20,000 killed... man I hope it doesn't go much higher.
What a nightmare.

Crow357 · Dec 27, 2004

I tell you what though, if I lived on the beach and felt an earthquake, the 1st thing I'd do is find out where it came from. Did these people have no warning whatsoever? This is the 21st century after all, not the middle ages.

3phemeral · Dec 27, 2004

Socreges said:
My friend is alive. But supposedly he's trapped. It's been a while since they've last spoken to him.

I believe he's OK, but it's scary.

My friend seems okay, too -- she was able to get some wireless internet at the airport and she posted just before her flight arrived. I caught her while she was still logged on the board and asked if she knew about the earthquake. I don't think she's even aware of it because she was stuck out in some booney hospital in central Thailand north of Bangkok. She must have been in a rush because she didn't reply, but thank heavens she's safe. Glad to hear your friend is okay as well, despite the unfortunate situation.

Ill Saint · Dec 27, 2004

Crow357 said:
I tell you what though, if I lived on the beach and felt an earthquake, the 1st thing I'd do is find out where it came from. Did these people have no warning whatsoever? This is the 21st century after all, not the middle ages.

Apparently these regions were not under whatever warning systems the rest of the world is, for earthquakes, tsunamis etc. (excuse the vague / poor wording, as I am not clued in on the exact details).

DrM · Dec 27, 2004

9.0..... holy shit. Tsunami warning system works only on Pacific.

I've experienced a 5.6 quake in 1998 (very unpleasant event with epicenter around 25 kilometers from here, caught us during lunch).

Crow357 · Dec 27, 2004

Yeah, I've been in a few, but nothing near a 9.0. I pray for all the souls

Naked Snake · Dec 27, 2004

Lemurnator said:
I would never want to live near an ocean.

You know, I always wanted to live on a beach... I guess not anymore!

Odnetnin · Dec 27, 2004

um... you guys are kidding. Beach living is great. If you're in a fantastic city that is. Sydney or Queensland is great. Bondi... Manly. GREAT.

Um.. I don't know why the other thread is locked but.

CAN SOMEONE CLARIFY IF JET LI IS DEAD?

Bobety · Dec 27, 2004

A friend of mine is in the affected area right now, and she doesn't have a phone so i have no idea what happened to her...i think she's probably ok though since only 6 Australians are missing right now and it's unlikely shes one of them...

I just heard something on the news about a fresh quake in the area- measuring 6 on the richter scale....christ

Odnetnin · Dec 27, 2004

double post

Trevelyon · Dec 27, 2004

Bobety said:
A friend of mine is in the affected area right now, and she doesn't have a phone so i have no idea what happened to her...i think she's probably ok though since only 6 Australians are missing right now and it's unlikely shes one of them...

I just heard something on the news about a fresh quake in the area- measuring 6 on the richter scale....christ

Damn! I feel a little guilty, that I spent half my day down at Cottesloe, swimming in the ocean that took 20,000 + lives in one foul swoop.

But, fuck... it was hot today. :/

Che · Dec 27, 2004

23,000 people dead. There is no god damnit.

MIMIC · Dec 27, 2004

Aftershocks/other earthquakes

Code:

Mag.  Date      Time         Lat.   Lon.   Depth   Region
 [b]6.3  2004/12/27 09:39:03   5.379   94.706  10.0  NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA[/b]
 5.4  2004/12/27 06:59:12   3.010   95.538  10.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
 6.1  2004/12/27 00:49:27  12.978   92.449  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 [b]6.0  2004/12/27 00:32:13   5.502   94.465  10.0  NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA[/b]
 5.8  2004/12/26 20:50:31   6.309  126.855  94.7  MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
 6.2  2004/12/26 19:19:53   2.770   94.158  10.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
 5.6  2004/12/26 19:03:47   4.065   94.197  10.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
 5.6  2004/12/26 15:12:21   6.698   93.017  10.0  NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.7  2004/12/26 15:06:33   3.703   94.021  10.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
 5.9  2004/12/26 14:48:42  13.602   92.873  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.9  2004/12/26 13:56:37   2.792   94.458  10.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
 5.5  2004/12/26 12:11:56  11.591   92.447  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.4  2004/12/26 12:09:41  12.210   92.618  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 6.3  2004/12/26 11:05:01  13.542   92.877  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 6.2  2004/12/26 10:19:30  13.455   92.791  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.5  2004/12/26 10:18:13   8.950   93.730  10.0  NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 6.5  2004/12/26 09:20:01   8.867   92.382  10.0  NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.8  2004/12/26 07:38:25  13.119   93.051  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.7  2004/12/26 07:07:10  10.336   93.756  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.7  2004/12/26 06:21:58  10.623   92.323  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 7.3  2004/12/26 04:21:26   6.901   92.952  10.0  NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 6.1  2004/12/26 03:08:42  13.808   92.974  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 [b]5.9  2004/12/26 02:59:12   3.177   94.259  10.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA[/b]
 6.0  2004/12/26 02:51:59  12.511   92.592  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.8  2004/12/26 02:36:06  12.139   93.011  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.8  2004/12/26 02:34:50   4.104   94.184  10.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
 5.9  2004/12/26 02:22:01   8.813   92.537  10.0  NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.8  2004/12/26 02:15:57  12.354   92.531  10.0  ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
 5.8  2004/12/26 01:48:46   5.381   94.441  10.0  NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
 [b]9.0  2004/12/26 00:58:51   3.251   95.799  10.0  OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA[/b]

Odnetnin · Dec 27, 2004

MIMIC said:
Aftershocks/other earthquakes

Code:

5.6 2004/12/21 15:34:28 42.924 145.419 38.5 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

holy shit! All the way to Japan?

MIMIC · Dec 27, 2004

No, not Japan. I accidentally included earthquakes before the Sumatra one. I've edited my post.

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