Monday, March 28, 2005
BREAKING NEWS: MASSIVE QUAKE OFF INDONESIA
I have just heard from multiple news sources that a huge earthquake has hit the coast of Sumatra. The earthquake has a magnitude of 8.2-8.5 apparently and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has put out a serious Tsunami warning for all the countries previously affected by the Dec 26th Tsunami. Not much any of us can do except hope that if the Tsunami does materialise (and it may well not), people are better protected than the last time.
UPDATE: Here are the details from NOAA.
THE DANGER HAS PASSED IF NO TSUNAMI WAVES ARE OBSERVED IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN THREE HOURS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
UPDATE: The general warning is that people 1000 miles from the earthquake epicentre need to evacuate. Heard from some folks in Thailand saying that all the beaches are being evacuated and people being moved to higher ground.
UPDATE: We're past 19:10 Zulu now. I hope this means the chances of a Tsunami occuring are now non-existent.
UPDATE: Here are the details from NOAA.
ORIGIN TIME - 1610Z 28 MAR 2005
COORDINATES - 2.3 NORTH 97.1 EAST
LOCATION - NORTHERN SUMATERA INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE - 8.5
THE DANGER HAS PASSED IF NO TSUNAMI WAVES ARE OBSERVED IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN THREE HOURS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
UPDATE: The general warning is that people 1000 miles from the earthquake epicentre need to evacuate. Heard from some folks in Thailand saying that all the beaches are being evacuated and people being moved to higher ground.
UPDATE: We're past 19:10 Zulu now. I hope this means the chances of a Tsunami occuring are now non-existent.
