New EQ of Magnitude 9.0 (UPD: degraded to 7.3) - Pacific Ocean near Kuril islands, page 1

posted on Jan, 16 2009 @ 05:55 AM

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On the news on Vesti Channel in Russia:
See the translated news:

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[edit on 16-1-2009 by NoInfoAvailable]

Now_Then

posted on Jan, 16 2009 @ 06:06 AM

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It's a 7.3 now (here) there was also a small one in the Shetland isles.

NoInfoAvailable

posted on Jan, 16 2009 @ 06:16 AM

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Yeah, they have degraded it. So, there are 7.3 (on 16th of Jan) and 7.4 (on 15th of Jan) EQs now.

midnightbrigade

posted on Jan, 16 2009 @ 07:00 AM

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Web bot only missed it by a month

sty

posted on Jan, 16 2009 @ 07:19 AM

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There are 2 scales, one is Richter one is Mercalli . I am not sure how this works but this could explain the 2 values..

DDay

posted on Jan, 16 2009 @ 07:23 AM

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I don't know but wouldn't a 9 cause the earth to "ring" like the Sumatra earthquake? They said that earthquake made the earth wobble I would think if this were a 9 it would do the same right?

NoInfoAvailable

posted on Jan, 16 2009 @ 07:24 AM

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It was Richter scale reported. The two quakes happened within several hours.