Aardbevingen #9

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Op donderdag 4 maart 2010 11:12 schreef zoeperzazke het volgende:
Ik zat me vanochtend af te vragen... Als je nu met een vliegtuig boven een aardbeving vliegt, merk je daar dan iets van? (trillingen in de lucht ofzo)

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday, terrifying residents, disrupting communications and triggering at least one large fire. Twelve people were injured, the National Fire Agency said.

No tsunami alert was issued. The quake was centered in the same mountainous region of rural Kaohsiung county that endured the brunt of the damage from Typhoon Morakot, a devastating storm that killed about 700 people last August.

Taiwanese actor Chu Chung-heng said he and other passengers were close to panic when the high-speed train on which they were traveling was dislodged from its track by the quake.

"Many people in my car were screaming," he said. "I was so scared that I couldn't make a sound. The train shook very hard and I thought it was going to overturn."

Rail service in southern and central Taiwan was suspended, as was the state-of-the-art subway system in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan's second largest with a population of 1.5 million. Kaohsiung is about 250 miles (400 kilometers) south of Taipei.

In nearby Tainan, a fire broke out in a textile factory shortly after the quake hit, sending huge plumes of black smoke billowing into the air. Power outages struck Taipei and at least one county to the south, and telephone service in many parts of Taiwan was spotty.

Kuo Kai-wen, director of the Central Weather Bureau's Seismology Center, said the quake was not geologically related to the massive temblor that hit Chile last Saturday, but its intensity was unusual for the area.

"This is the biggest quake to hit this region in more than a century," he said.

The quake's epicenter was near the town of Jiashian, especially hard hit by last year's typhoon. A Kaohsiung county official told CTI TV news that some temporary housing built for typhoon survivors collapsed.

The Ministry of Defense said troops were dispatched to Jiashian to report on the extent of the damage.

In nearby Liugui an unidentified high school student described the quake as terrifying. "Everyone was running out of the classroom, and some people fell in the rush," she told ETTV.

All of the 12 injuries were relatively minor, the fire agency said.

A spokesman for President Ma Ying-jeou said authorities had been instructed to follow the quake situation closely and take steps to mitigate damage and dislocation. Ma was widely criticized for his government's slow response to last year's typhoon.

The presidential office said he planned to visit Tainan on Thursday afternoon.

Earthquakes frequently rattle Taiwan but most are minor and cause little or no damage.

However, a 7.6-magnitude temblor in central Taiwan in 1999 killed more than 2,300 people. In 2006 a 6.7-magnitude quake south of Kaohsiung severed undersea cables and disrupted telephone and Internet service for millions throughout Asia.

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COSO JUNCTION - There's plenty of seismic shaking going on around the Golden State.

In Central California, six earthquakes bigger than a 3.0 have hit the same spot within the past three days.

The strongest, a 3.8 hit, this morning around 1am, centered in Coso Junction.

And near the US/Mexico border, a 3.4 magnitude quake. This one hit last night around 10pm in Ocotillo.

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Op vrijdag 5 maart 2010 17:38 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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6.5 voor de kust van Sumatra

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Op maandag 8 maart 2010 15:23 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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6.0 quake
Diepe beving op 446 km diepte
Naja, Marianentrog is ook diepste punt in zee toch?

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Op maandag 8 maart 2010 15:26 schreef Light het volgende:

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Ja, iets van 11 km, zo uit m'n hoofd.

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ANKARA - De autoriteiten in Turkije hebben het dodental door de aardbeving van maandagnacht in het oosten van het land bijgesteld tot 51. Eerder op de dag werd nog gesproken van zeker 57 sterfgevallen. Circa honderd mensen raakten gewond.

De beving deed zich voor om 04.32 uur lokale tijd en had een kracht van 5,9 op de schaal van Richter.

Woningen en moskeeën in een aantal dorpen in de provincie Elazig werden verwoest of raakten beschadigd. Seismologische diensten registreerden tientallen naschokken in de uren na de beving.

© ANP

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Op maandag 8 maart 2010 16:08 schreef Tourniquet het volgende:
Naar aanleiding van de aardbeving in Turkije:
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Wanneer leert het ANP nu eens dat ze geen "schaal van Richter" meer in hun berichten moeten gebruiken? Alle seismologische instituten (iig USGS, dat in de pers bijna altijd als bron wordt gebruikt) gebruiken tegenwoordig de momentmagnitudeschaal. Novum doet dat wel goed trouwens (zie bericht op Fok-FP).

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Op maandag 8 maart 2010 16:55 schreef One_of_the_few het volgende:
ik gok dat er rond 15:41 een naschok is in chili.
Eens kijken wat de USGS zegt.

Zijn er sceenshots van aardbevingen waarvan men de activiteit via GEE bekijkt?

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Op maandag 8 maart 2010 18:44 schreef Frutsel het volgende:

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Daar is een apart topic voor hoor Mag je best daarin posten
Tientallen doden bij aardbeving in Turkije

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Op maandag 8 maart 2010 16:55 schreef One_of_the_few het volgende:
ik gok dat er rond 15:41 een naschok is in chili.
Eens kijken wat de USGS zegt.