7.7 magnitude earthquake reported in Indonesia

I was watching the live streaming of the fires in LA here.

They just mentioned a report of a 7.7 earthquake in Jakarta and a Tsunami warning has been issued.

Stay tuned!


Edit: CNN has a small banner up. no reports yet

edition.cnn.com...

[edit on 16-11-2008 by Chadwickus]

Another update:

The US Geological Survey is reporting a 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck the Minhasa region of Indonesia's Sulawesi island early this morning. A tsunami alert has been issued. The centre says the quake struck 136 kilometres from Gorontalo in Sulawesi at a depth of 21 kilometres.

www.skynews.com.au...

site here

USGS center - map and more info. It's a biggie.

CNN Report:

Tsunami warning follows earthquake off Indonesia A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake has struck eastern Indonesia, a local geological agency official tells The Associated Press. A tsunami warning was immediately issued and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says a destructive regional tsunami is possible. The official said the underwater quake hit off Sulawesi island. He did not have any immediate reports about damage or injuries. full story soon.

For a comparison, heres a link to what happened in the 2004 Tsunami, which was a 9.0.

www.theage.com.au...


Lets hope this doesn't happen

Story Here

A new Tsunami alert system was just installed in Indonesia.
It went up and running on November 11th. Just in time.
It's being put to the test very quickly.

BBC just said the tsunami warning has been lifted.

Originally posted by Now_Then
BBC just said the tsunami warning has been lifted.

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That's a good sign, I was expecting the worst.

Any links to the report?

reply to post by Chadwickus


It was on the telly... I'll see whats on the site

Here

The Indonesian tsunami alert was lifted shortly after being issued.

US monitors were warning the quake could create a destructive tsunami within 1,000km (620 miles) of the epicentre

Hi All,

I did not see this thread earlier. Here are a couple of links that I posted previously:

BBC Report

Yahoo Report

Iris

I am sooo glad to hear that the tsunami warning had been lifted!!

Ye im seeing the same right now

apparently their isnt a tsunami expected anymore

Originally posted by sylvrshadow
Hi All,

I did not see this thread earlier. Here are a couple of links that I posted previously:

BBC Report

Yahoo Report

Iris

I am sooo glad to hear that the tsunami warning had been lifted!!

The 5.8 aftershock is a concern, let's hope there are no more in the area.

Well, so far since the 7.7 quake there have been two more. One 5.6 and one 5.5 according to the Iris report. Usually there are a few aftershocks after the initial event. I hope that they are just typical aftershocks and not a portent for a larger quake later.

I am watching Iris for more updates.

Wow and no-one screaming HARRP, hopefully it was at sea with little causalities.

Wow.
Indonesia, what a place to be.
If you don't die from the earthquake.. you'll get hit by a tidal wave.
If that doesn't get you, some extremist muslims will blow you up.
if that doesn't happen, they'll plant drugs on you and give you a firing squad.
Beautiful place.

Funny thing I noticed for the second time in my life, I was lying in bed last night and I felt an almost imperceptable movement, my thought was 'I felt this before, like that earthquake that happened in India years ago', that I thought I felt when I lived in Toronto
And I also thought, there 'either is, or will be a big earthquake somewhere in the world'.
And here is a big one in Indonesia.
This is on the East Coast of Canada where I am now.

Can earthquake vibrations be felt on the other side of the world?

I am not claiming anything here.
I just find it funny.

But not funny for the victims, of course.