Sumatra Quake today - 28th March

[Schaden]

Sumatra Quake - if you are in the area or know of anyoen that is tell them to head for the hills.

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1629Z 28 MAR 2005

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 ORIGIN TIME -  1610Z 28 MAR 2005
 COORDINATES -   2.3 NORTH   97.1 EAST
 LOCATION    -  NORTHERN SUMATERA  INDONESIA
 MAGNITUDE   -  8.5

EVALUATION

 THIS EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC. NO TSUNAMI THREAT  
 EXISTS TO COASTLINES IN THE PACIFIC.                                
                                                                     
 WARNING... THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A WIDELY  
 DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI IN THE OCEAN OR SEAS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE.      
 AUTHORITIES IN THOSE REGIONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY    
 AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.  THIS ACTION SHOULD INCLUDE EVACUATION  
 OF COASTS WITHIN A THOUSAND KILOMETERS OF THE EPICENTER AND CLOSE  
 MONITORING TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR EVACUATION FURTHER AWAY.      
                                                                     
 THIS CENTER DOES NOT HAVE SEA LEVEL GAUGES OUTSIDE THE PACIFIC      
 SO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DETECT OR MEASURE A TSUNAMI IF ONE WAS      
 GENERATED. AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME THE DANGER HAS PASSED IF NO      
 TSUNAMI WAVES ARE OBSERVED IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER        
 WITHIN THREE HOURS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.                              

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA

[United]

Just saw it on CNN.  I hope nothing comes of it, those people over there have already had enough.

[Habu]

Wow 8.5, that is a big one.

I actually lived on Sumatra for about a year. Little place called Prabamulih on the road to Palambang near Batu Raja.

I rented a house that was pretty much in the middle of no where but pretty nice by Indonesian standards.

One day my car broke down about 200 km away from home and I thought I was screwed (no AAA auto service there). Five minutes later a car stopped to help. I ended up getting a tow back to Prabamulih by the guy. After the driver and passanger got out to see what was the matter, I heard his passenger tell the driver who I was, who I worked for, where I was from and where I lived (all in Indonesian) even though I had never met either before.

Nice people over there in central and south Sumatra. The ones in the north are not so.

[BlueJ1]

God be with all them.

[CMC Airboss]

Article up at CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/indonesia.quake/index.html

MiG

[Chairboy]

There are reports of deaths, still no word of a wave.  It's been a few hours...  so far so good.

[Red Tail 444]

The largest reported was 4 inches, off northern Australia. How one cold measure a 4 inch tsunami is beyond me.

A friend sent me some gripping before and after satellite images od the tsunami...

Although it's faded from the first page headlines, it still needs to be remembered at how incredibly destructive this event has been for so many...and to some of our friends on this board...

never forget.

 http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/