BREAKING - Earthquake hits Jakarta - 6.5 in Sumatra felt from over 700KM?

Originally posted by JakiusFogg
Looks like it could have been the 6.5

But is it possible that something "medium" like this could be felt 700 km away strong enough to force people out of their homes and on to the street!???

Oh, it was definitely that quake. But looking at this TWO HOURS and fifteen minutes later, I have my doubts as well that it was just a 6.5. It is still reverberating, after all this time, around the planet. And that is not typical, at least from what I've seen, of a 6.5- not for that long. That is more typical of a 7 or 7.5+.

I've caught the USGS in an error only once before, so they are rare, but they do happen. I think it was bigger than a 6.5. More like a 7 or 7.5. And it seems also that with a 22 km depth, it would almost have to be for it to keep ringing that long.

[edit on Fri Mar 5th 2010 by TrueAmerican]

Originally posted by TrueAmerican

Originally posted by JakiusFogg
Looks like it could have been the 6.5

But is it possible that something "medium" like this could be felt 700 km away strong enough to force people out of their homes and on to the street!???

Oh, it was definitely that quake. But looking at this TWO HOURS and fifteen minutes later, I have my doubts as well that it was just a 6.5. It is still reverberating, after all this time, around the planet. And that is not typical, at least from what I've seen, of a 6.5- not for that long. That is more typical of a 7 or 7.5+.

I've have caught the USGS in an error only once before, so they are rare, but they do happen. I think it was bigger than a 6.5. More like a 7 or 7.5. And it seems also that with a 22 km depth, it would almost have to be for it to keep ringing that long.

[edit on Fri Mar 5th 2010 by TrueAmerican]

It was originally listed as a 6.8 by the USGS, but was downgraded to 6.5.

Magnitude 6.8 - SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Magnitude 6.8 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time

* Friday, March 05, 2010 at 16:06:59 UTC
* Friday, March 05, 2010 at 11:06:59 PM at epicenter

Location 4.002°S, 100.747°E
Depth 33 km (20.5 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHWEST OF SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances

* 171 km (106 miles) W (261°) from Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 342 km (213 miles) S (173°) from Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 418 km (260 miles) SW (230°) from Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia
* 681 km (423 miles) SSW (210°) from SINGAPORE

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST= 11, Nph= 11, Dmin=245.7 km, Rmss=0.47 sec, Gp=155°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=0
Source

* West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

Event ID at00780521

If the whole HAARP thing is true and they can create earthquakes and with all the MSM attention they are getting lately and taking into account that we are not having an "abnormal" amount for the year, we perhaps are being set up for a big display of this capibility. Perhaps they will create "the big one" in CA. This would enable TPTB to step in and "come to the rescue", in turn taking away more freedoms

Originally posted by woodwytch
so please at least try to subdue the contrite attitude a little please ... just coz phage says !!!

I'm not sure what contrite attitude you're referring to, but I think amazing had a pretty good point. Just because he/she mentioned someone on here who's consistently been knowledgeable on this topic doesn't mean that they're worshipping anyone.

If anything, I think you might have meant the opposite of contrite, but I digress.

Back on topic, I'm really glad how fast news travels on here. I do think there are a lot of big earthquakes at the moment, but sometimes a big one triggers others while the earth tries to reach an equilibrium. I think we should be careful, but I also don't think it's anything too out of the ordinary. I'm interested in what's causing all these events but don't see it as an end of the world scenario.