7.9 quake hits Indonesia 10km deep - Tsunami warning..

M 7.9 - Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia

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Time
2016-03-02 12:49:46 UTC
Location
4.905°S 94.236°E

waiting on more info

Powerful 7.9 earthquake strikes off coast of Indonesia – USGS

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INDONESIA ISSUES TSUNAMI WARNING AFTER 7.9 QUAKE STRIKES OFF SUMATRA
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A powerful and shallow earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicentre was 808 km (502 miles) southwest of Padang, USGS said. It was 10 km (six miles) deep.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties but the shallower a quake, the more likely it is to cause damage. USGS originally put the magnitude at 8.2.

seems pretty shallow and powerful... Tsunami building? :/ prayers for Indo

The country has issued a tsunami warning, the National Meteorolgical Agency reported.

Just seen this I really hope it s not bad

Riouz

ETA Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning for West Sumatra, North Sumatra, and Aceh

a reply to: Agit8dChop

holy crap that a biggie.

The 2004 quake was 10 times stronger, but this is still bad. I guess it being so shallow also means it could pack some water damage with it?

Hopefully it wont be too bad for them.

The report I'm seeing is saying 7.9 not an 8.0. But still pretty bad we don't get very many in the 7.9 range.

M7.9

We only ever really see about 10 to 18 quakes in the 7.0 to 7.9 range. It was at least not dead center in a city area, but we won't know if we have an all clear till the tsunami warning is dropped.

a reply to: Agit8dChop

Here's the report from the UK Newspaper METRO:

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Rev

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is that a sharp rise in the bouy off Thailand?

I dont know how to read these graphs 100% :/

luckily there aren't any cities located close-by. Still no report on possible tsunami but most likely there will a tsunami generated from such strong shallow quake, keep an eye out there folks and stay safe!

Indonesian officials say a powerful, shallow earthquake has hit off the western coast of Sumatra and warn it could trigger a tsunami

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Residents of West Sumatra's Mentawai islands being evacuated to higher ground after 7.9 earthquake, tsunami alert
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Short talk by the observers (SO) on the quake


Is it possible there could be a connection between the jupiter-earth-sun alignment of 7-8 march?

and now southern indonesia?

a reply to: Agit8dChop

WA are on tsunami watch too..

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ETA: WA was on watch. Canceled now.

nvm

Seems like this happed in about the same area that the 9.1 of 2004 triggered the tsunami which devastated Thailand. Hopefully IF there is a tsunami, it won't affect highly populated areas. This did just happen, about an hour ago...so news will be flowing all day on this. No pun intended.

originally posted by: Sparkymedic
Seems like this happed in about the same area that the 9.1 of 2004 triggered the tsunami which devastated the area. Hopefully IF there is a tsunami, it won't affect highly populated areas. This did just happen, about an hour ago...so news will be flowing all day on this. No pun intended.

a reply to: Sparkymedic

Not a word on local main stream so far.
Sand bag'n or foot drag'n?

Here's a link from Sky News UK:

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Rev

a reply to: Agit8dChop

If you click on the view event details you can see a better plot in near real time.

Seems when the EQ happened there was a 60cm rise in height for the buoy

I'm not qualified to say what a 60cm rise means in terms of potential tsunami creation though

And here's another from Reuters:

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Rev

Tsunami warning has been cancelled according to Sky news

The quake was 10 kilometers deep? What matters as far as tsunami generation is whether there was any sudden displacement of the sea floor.

Even a small quake can generate sufficient displacement to cause upheaval or slides and generate waves.

I hope they all had their radios on…