8.9 (updated 8.7) QUAKE off the coast of Sumatra! Oh my......

OK why does the data say 8.8 or 9.1 then its always downgraded? Does the data change? Or what??? This happens in all big earthquakes....

mpoppel : JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Major 8.8-magnitude aftershock strikes off Sumatra, Indonesian seismologists say.
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fieldproducer : RT @mpoppel JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Major 8.8-magnitude aftershock strikes off Sumatra, Indonesian seismologists say.
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Originally posted by asala
BREAKING: Major 8.8-magnitude aftershock strikes off Sumatra, Indonesian seismologists say.



WOW

Wow, just....... Wow.

Is there any data yet?

bbc confirmed 8.8 too, just now

UK oceanographer says it was a horizontal rather than vertical quake so no #tsunami column of water

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Awaiting link, Sometimes these things take a little time to go live,

Sea water at Simeulue Island near epicentre of Aceh quake seen receding by about 10 metres - Reuters witness

hope everyone is okay and minor loss of life

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I'm still not seeing it. Let's hope if there is a second large one that they both aren't FORE-shocks of something worse!

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This aftershock is much closer to the shore aswell, this is not looking good...

Here is a great link for info:

inagist.com...

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Hi Bo,

moving what size mountain how far in what time = 500 pj energy?

AND

perhaps = to how many Hiroshima sized bombs?

I am afraid I have no idea about moving mountains, I will leave that to people with faith, but I can answer the Hiroshmina sized bombs part.

Wiki used to show this information on the page about the Richter scale but have removed all reference to it. I believe I am right in saying that Hiroshima was a 20 kTon weapon but some reports say a 13 kTon weapon or anything in between. I will use 15 kilo tons as the benchmark.

Based in nuclear weapon yields the Magnitude 8.6 event today was 103,274 kilotons approximately or roughly 6.885 Hiroshima bombs.

The 9.1 was 580,751 kilotons or about 38,784 Hiroshima bombs.

Originally posted by Wrabbit2000

Originally posted by Nurelic
Where's Neptune at so he can calm down this tsunami?

I heard Neptune got harpooned by a whaling ship in a tragic accident awhile back. I wouldn't count on him being on the friendly side as the future unfolds. In fact, all the Gods might just be in a downright crappy mood. 2012 is definitely staying interesting.

Really? I heard he was last seen at a Dunkin Donuts in New Jersey... I guess he really went off the deep end...

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Im thinking that this may be a 2nd quake rather than an aftershock, Really want to see that data,

Originally posted by grindhouzer

Originally posted by kennvideo
Tthis buoy is showing a sea drop of 150 meters

www.ndbc.noaa.gov...

oh $#1T

Okay, lets keep our heads on things here. Those numbers would be Biblical in magnitude. I smell technical fluctuations in readings we probably don't watch nearly enough to know what normal spikes look like when nothing special is happening. Just my thinking and it's a whole lot more likely than a 150 meter drop in sea level. Moses parting the Red Sea didn't manage that one.

It just posted. Here.

New 8.2

Depth of 16km. Still waiting on full info from this newer one.

Originally posted by asala
Sea water at Simeulue Island near epicentre of Aceh quake seen receding by about 10 metres - Reuters witness

edit on 11-4-2012 by asala because: (no reason given)

I'm praying those witnesses aren't to close by. That's significant.

I'm in awe that there was an 8.8 aftershock.

Laus Deo.....

There is good coverage of this on NDTV 24/7 sky channel 511

They are sayi g there will be no Tsunami althought they are feeling more quakes in India right now

An aftershock bigger than the main quake?... Is that even possible?

New tsunami actitivy measured according to the PTWC bulletin 4, but no updagre from watch to warning for the Indian Ocean