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

Originally posted by coyote66
They said its a 6 metre hitting Aceh.

2nd line.

who are "they"? "they" have said a few things that have been reported in this thread but still nobody says who "they" are

Originally posted by coyote66
They said its a 6 metre hitting Aceh.

2nd line.

6 meters high?? wow
How far inland can that reach?

Originally posted by asala
reply to post by PaxVeritas

 

The ring of fire is always shaking, I think that we just get to hear about them more these days with media and internet,
www.worldatlas.com...

I guess the bit we may be forgetting about more so is if this shakes up the volcano's a bit

It's the part I'm trying hard to forget. I have family on both my side and my other half's side up and down the west coast and just outside both Portland and Seattle. Volcanoes waking up are what I find interesting clear off on other continents, as long as it stays that far away.

reply to post by kamatty


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Originally posted by kamatty

Originally posted by coyote66
They said its a 6 metre hitting Aceh.

2nd line.

who are "they"? "they" have said a few things that have been reported in this thread but still nobody says who "they" are

Hope this helps:

A tsunami watch has been issued for the entire Indian Ocean after a 8.7-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province.

The quake was recorded at a depth of 33km, 431km off the coast of Sumatra, the US monitors reported.

There is no threat to the Australian mainland or territories.

In Aceh an aftershock of 6.5 was recorded, Indonesia disaster mitigation agency said.

news.ninemsn.com.au...

I can see tis on bbc news breaking news ticker

Small tsunami measuring 17 cm (6.7 in) heading for coast of Aceh, Indonesian official quoted as saying

but thats alot smaller than 6m which "they" are reporting.

4.06pm: The National Disaster Management centre has said that no waves have been noticed so far in Andaman and Nicobar and that a tsunami has been virtually ruled out according to NDMA Vice President Sasithra Reddy.

3.58pm: Beaches and ports are being evacuated in Tamil Nadu as a precautionary measure and fishermen are being asked not to venture out into the sea. Andhra Pradesh has issued a similar warning and the Andaman and Nicobar joint command has been alerted.

www.firstpost.com...

Multiple cameras in the Phuket region are already slammed with too many clients to view them.

6 meters high? What the, who the, huh?

reply to post by grindhouzer


All tsunami are unnoticeably small whilst in open ocean, once they hit shallow water they are forced up creating much larger waves, those 17cm could easy turn into a fewmetres.

Indonesia's president said there were no reports of casualties or damage from a huge earthquake off Aceh province on Wednesday, with no threat from a tsunami although an alert for a giant wave remained in place.

www.baltimoresun.com...

Lets hope so...

Alot of the news we are getting is from UN and GOV sources, Sadly its hard to get alot of info due to there phone lines all being down,

But its looking like things are ok and most of the injury's sustained so far are due to people rushing to high ground and vehicle accidents

reply to post by coyote66


That's a twenty footer. Nothing to sneeze at.

I hope everyone makes it through safely.

Reports say as the indo ground shook violently, constantly for around 4 mins.

cant imagine what thats like, no wonder most residents exclaiming allah hu akbar, or god is great or in whatever dialect local to them.

just 30 seconds of rocking from a 5-6 quake here in the states is enuf to ruffle my feathers

reply to post by Mister1k


Well I was looking at the event details which was why I thought it could not be the tsunami wave passing.

That 15 second section showing an apparent 25 metre water drop looks like this in closer detail.



That is about 14 minutes after the event so at about 3000 km distance that means the wave would have to be travelling (if we call it 15 minutes) at 12,000 km per hour.

Now I am nor an expert on tsunami waves but i don't think they travel that fast!!

It is sort of irrelevant now but was interesting to take a look at.

Tthis buoy is showing a sea drop of 150 meters

www.ndbc.noaa.gov...

reply to post by PuterMan


Wouldn't it make more sense that that is showing a shock wave and not a tsunami wave?

Originally posted by kennvideo
reply to post by W3RLIED2

 

I AM CALM... I JUST FIND FIND IT INCREDIBLE THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO JUST HAVE TO BE RIGHT AND ONLY THEY CAN BE RIGHT ABOUT MOTHER NATURE... THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET OUT INFO AND GET INFO AND HELP PROTECT PEOPLE AND MAYBE THEIR PROPERTY.... I COME HERE TO GET GOOD INFO AND NOT EGO BOOSTS...

Take it down a notch dude.People are not coming here during an earthquake and reading ATS.Seriously CHILL.With that said,I hope everyone on that side of the world is safe.And look...no tsunami yet...

reply to post by nightstalker78


Dude, your way behind already...so drop it...

Update time = Wed Apr 11 10:43:05 UTC 2012


MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 2.8 2012/04/11 10:22:14 64.896 -148.880 7.1 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.2 2012/04/11 09:30:27 64.910 -148.934 13.9 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 6.0 2012/04/11 09:27:57 1.281 91.731 9.8 NORTH INDIAN OCEAN
MAP 2.9 2012/04/11 09:26:11 64.990 -148.887 27.8 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.2 2012/04/11 09:21:57 64.959 -149.102 14.1 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 8.6 2012/04/11 08:38:37 2.311 93.063 22.9 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAP 5.3 2012/04/11 07:41:46 -6.227 130.158 132.2 BANDA SEA

Where's Neptune at so he can calm down this tsunami?