Earthquake in Indonesia

[surrey jim]

and possible Tsunami, braking news on Sky News at the moment

edit: measured 6.2 on the richter scale, how big was the boxing day quake??

 

[ali jenkins]

i think the boxing day one was 7 something

6.2 could still do some damage.

Edit: And isnt it RICHTER scale or something like that?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The Boxing Day quake was originally recorded as 9.0 on the Richter scale, but has been upgraded to between 9.1 and 9.3. The second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph.

 

[surrey jim]

i think the boxing day one was 7 something

6.2 could still do some damage.

Edit: And isnt it RICHTER scale or something like that?

changed, even still its terrible for the area, 2 major quakes in about 2 years

 

[ali jenkins]

Wel i couldnt remember what it was exactly, whats the largest ever eathquake then m'lord?

 

[rospants]

it was chile in 1960 according to google. 9.5 on richter scale

 

[ali jenkins]

it was chile in 1960 according to google. 9.5 on richter scale

Pah, pathetic.

I get bigger shakes after a night out!

 

[rospants]

Largest Earthquake in the World

Chile
1960 May 22 19:11:14 UTC
Magnitude 9.5

The Largest Earthquake in the World

Articles

N.B.: The magnitude for this earthquake has been recalculated since the following articles were written. Magnitude 9.5 is a better determination of the size of this earthquake.

More than 2,000 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile; tsunami caused 61 deaths, $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 million damge in Japan; 32 dead and missing in the Phillippines; and $500,000 damage to the west coast of the United States.

Abridged from United States Earthquakes 1960, by H. Carroll Talley, Jr. and William K. Cloud. U.S. Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodectic Survey.

 

[surrey jim]

Todays quake measured 7.3

 

[surrey jim]

Link

Quake strikes off Indonesia coast
An earthquake measuring 7.3 has struck near the Indonesian island of Sulawesi the US Geological Survey said.

The quake struck in the Molucca Sea at 1927 (1127 GMT), some 160km (99 miles) south-east of the city of Manado.

Indonesian officials put the quake strength at 6.5 and said it could pose a tsunami risk.

Indonesia was the worst-hit country in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, which killed more than 160,000 people in Aceh province.

A spokesman for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there were dangers of a "localised" tsunami, stretching from 100-200km (62-124 miles) from the epicentre.

The Associated Press news agency reported a witness on Sulawesi as saying that at least three residents were injured by the quake.

The earthquake was centred some 51km (32 miles) under the sea.