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

when i woke this morrning i smelt sulfer bad.... now i know why ,the crust is moving
im in Alabama hope that new madrid time bomb stays quite.... atleast for now

Isnt david cameron currently in Indonesia right now, this could be interesting

The Tsunami watch has been cancelled. The Ocean has handled it.

ptwc.weather.gov...

Originally posted by Akkadian
Yeah we are def not done....... Things are starting to heat up!!!!

According to google, the "starting to heat up" phrase has been used 411 times on ATS.
We should be well and truly heated up by now.

Originally posted by alfa1

Originally posted by Akkadian
Yeah we are def not done....... Things are starting to heat up!!!!

According to google, the "starting to heat up" phrase has been used 411 times on ATS.
We should be well and truly heated up by now.

Lol.

Also, I've read couple of pages ago that this throw the 188day cycle in the water, has anyone responded to this yet, because I would have to agree as this falls out of the cycle.

Originally posted by alfa1
According to google, the "starting to heat up" phrase has been used 411 times on ATS.
We should be well and truly heated up by now.

411, interesting - April 11, and I just noticed my favourite earthquake related song is 4:11 long (Def Leppard - Rock of Ages):

Originally posted by Evasius

Originally posted by alfa1
According to google, the "starting to heat up" phrase has been used 411 times on ATS.
We should be well and truly heated up by now.

411, interesting - April 11, and I just noticed my favourite earthquake related song is 4:11 long (Def Leppard - Rock of Ages):

You can also call for information in the U.S by dialing 411. that's very significant.

Originally posted by Evasius
Def Leppard - Rock of Ages

As well as the reasonably well known "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" by The Offspring, here is another example of
GUNTER GLIEBEN GLAUCHEN GLOBEN.

I think if I ever become a rock and roll star, I'll start a song with that too.

Meanwhile back at the topic...

Interestingly, the prior quake (listed with USGS anyway) at this location was nearly a month ago:

Event Time

2012-03-14 02:11:59 UTC
2012-03-14 08:11:59 UTC+06:00 at epicenter
2012-03-13 21:11:59 UTC-05:00 system time
Nearby Cities

357km (221mi) W from Sinabang, Indonesia
383km (237mi) WSW from Meulaboh, Indonesia
427km (265mi) SW from Banda Aceh, Indonesia
457km (283mi) SW from Sigli, Indonesia
951km (590mi) W from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

4.9 Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra

In almost the exact same location as the 8.6:

8.6 Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra 2012-04-11 08:38:37 2.311°N 93.063°E 22.9
4.9 Off The West Coast Of Northern Sumatra 2012-03-14 02:11:59 2.353°N 93.164°E 26.2

reply to post by kennvideo


Only happens that severe if theyre big, like 8 mag. So... nah.

Earthquakes in Sumatra, off Mexico, and off Oregon in such a short time span...
Wish they'd get the HAARP aiming system working properly and knock N. Korea's missile off its launch pad like they're trying to do.
Seems like they're rushing too much. They need to take a deep breath and get it done right.

reply to post by Starchildren


Have you noticed severe neck pain with the headaches, too? Its been awful the last couple days for me.

It seems that the plates moved horizontally, hence decreasing the risk of Tsunami. With luck a vertical shift will not occur. It appears that there is a lot of activity along the ring of fire when reviewing USGS.

There was also another big earthquake in Michoacan, Mexico last night - Magnitude 7 according to IRIS Seismic Monitor.

Now two large quakes in the Gulf of California (Mexico)

I honestly can't ever remember there being this many 6+ mag quakes in a 24hr period before. Getting kinda spooky!

MAP 6.9 2012/04/12 07:15:48 28.790 -113.142 10.3 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 6.2 2012/04/12 07:06:01 28.841 -113.072 10.1 GULF OF CALIFORNIA

source

Ive got a question to all the seismologists. With somewhere around 50 aftershocks of mag 4-6 all very near the 8.6 and 8.2 epicenters, what kind of an effect will they have on the ocean floor? I am thinking about crevices opening or something to that effect. Also how many aftershocks would be considered normal for an earthquake(s) of that magnitude? They have been occurring every 15-45 minutes since the earthquakes hit....I consider the 8.2 an earthquake, although I guess some would consider it an aftershock....whats the official word on that?

Originally posted by PuterMan
reply to post by asala

 

How odd. Someone forgot to tell the Australians, and the Christmas Islanders, and the Cocos Islanders.

www.bom.gov.au...

There is no Tsunami threat to Australia.
[updated at 7:02 PM EST on Wednesday 11 April 2012 ]

Thats because we're all such good surfers and don't want us having any fun..

Seriousely tho, I hopes everyone out there is OK...

reply to post by nitro67


I'm not a seismologist...but my understanding is that the after-shocks we are seeing are very normal. Especially considering there were TWO 8+ mag quakes there. The aftershocks are still plenty up in Japan more than a year later. We should expect to see large mag aftershocks for several weeks....and smaller ones for up to a year or two!!

As to what is happening on the sea-floor. Well, that is a really good question. One that I think just about everyone is asking right now since up until yesterday no one believed a strike-slip fault could even produce a quake of that size, let alone two of them. I don't think anyone understands the mechanism at work there right now and THAT makes me nervous.

reply to post by westcoast


I thought the 8.2 earthquake was supposedly an aftershock of the 8.6 earlier earthquake?

Are they now being reported as two seperate events?

I've just checked out IRIS Seismic Site and there appears to have been
3 big earthquakes on the opposite side of the Pacific Ring of Fire subsequently.

Wonder what's going on, or if there is a connection?