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Magnitude 8.5 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
2004 December 26 00:58:50 UTC
Magnitude 8.5
Date-Time Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 00:58:50 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 6:58:50 AM = local time at epicenter
Location 3.298°N, 95.778°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Location with respect to nearby cities:
250 km (155 miles) SSE of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
320 km (200 miles) W of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
1260 km (780 miles) SSW of BANGKOK, Thailand
1605 km (1000 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR THE PACIFIC BASIN BASED ON HISTORICAL
EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A TSUNAMI NEAR THE EPICENTER.
At least 9 people killed, buildings collapsed and telephone service disrupted at Banda Aceh. Buildings destroyed or damaged at Ko Lanta, Thailand by a tsunami. Tsunamis observed on the coasts of Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Thailand. Felt widely in northern Sumatra. Felt in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand.
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2004 December 26 00:58:50 UTC
Magnitude 8.5
Date-Time Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 00:58:50 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 6:58:50 AM = local time at epicenter
Location 3.298°N, 95.778°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Location with respect to nearby cities:
250 km (155 miles) SSE of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
320 km (200 miles) W of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
1260 km (780 miles) SSW of BANGKOK, Thailand
1605 km (1000 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR THE PACIFIC BASIN BASED ON HISTORICAL
EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A TSUNAMI NEAR THE EPICENTER.
At least 9 people killed, buildings collapsed and telephone service disrupted at Banda Aceh. Buildings destroyed or damaged at Ko Lanta, Thailand by a tsunami. Tsunamis observed on the coasts of Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Thailand. Felt widely in northern Sumatra. Felt in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand.
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cnn:
(CNN) -- Many people are feared dead after the largest earthquake to shake the planet in nearly 40 years jolted Southeast Asia Sunday.
Initial reports say tidal waves may have killed as many as 160 people in Sri Lanka and 26 in southern India.
More deaths are feared in Thailand and Indonesia.
The quake prompted a series of powerful aftershocks and tidal waves in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia's Sumatra Island, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.
A district official said 160 people are feared dead after massive waves struck Sri Lanka, The Associated Press reported.
On southern India's east coast, at least 26 people died in the tidal waves, police and officials said.
In Indonesia, nine people are reported dead, and in Thailand, an official said four tourists were killed in the southern tourist resort of Phuket as a result of the quake.
The initial quake, measuring 8.5 in magnitude, struck off the western coast of Sumatra around 7 a.m. local time (7 p.m. ET) and was followed by at least six moderate to strong aftershocks in the following hours.
The 8.5 quake is the strongest temblor to hit since 1965, according to geophysicist Julie Martinez with the NEIC, which monitors worldwide earthquakes.
In Indonesia's restive Aceh province, nine people died in a flash flood following the earthquake, local radio reported.
"I saw four bodies of kids and five bodies of adults," one resident identified as Mustofa told El Shinta radio, agencies reported.
In Thailand it wasn't clear how the tourists, who were on a popular Phuket beach, died, said Sorat Susaeng, of the Narenthorn Center of the Public Health Ministry, AP reported.
The center also reported that people were swept off a Phuket beach by tidal waves surging as high as five meters (16 feet) after the earthquake hit near the Sumatra. It wasn't clear if the people swept off the beach were the people who died.
Thousands of people fled their homes in the Aceh provincial capital Banda Aceh when the tremor struck, the official Antara news agency said.
Residents in North Sumatra's capital, Medan, reported a strong tremor that caused panic among residents.
"It was quite strong. We ran out of our houses but we're now back inside," said one resident.
The tremor could be felt as far away as Singapore and India.
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale rattled Indonesia's eastern Papua province in November, killing 29 people in the coastal town of Nabire.
Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands, lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire where plate boundaries intersect and volcanoes regularly erupt.
(CNN) -- Many people are feared dead after the largest earthquake to shake the planet in nearly 40 years jolted Southeast Asia Sunday.
Initial reports say tidal waves may have killed as many as 160 people in Sri Lanka and 26 in southern India.
More deaths are feared in Thailand and Indonesia.
The quake prompted a series of powerful aftershocks and tidal waves in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia's Sumatra Island, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.
A district official said 160 people are feared dead after massive waves struck Sri Lanka, The Associated Press reported.
On southern India's east coast, at least 26 people died in the tidal waves, police and officials said.
In Indonesia, nine people are reported dead, and in Thailand, an official said four tourists were killed in the southern tourist resort of Phuket as a result of the quake.
The initial quake, measuring 8.5 in magnitude, struck off the western coast of Sumatra around 7 a.m. local time (7 p.m. ET) and was followed by at least six moderate to strong aftershocks in the following hours.
The 8.5 quake is the strongest temblor to hit since 1965, according to geophysicist Julie Martinez with the NEIC, which monitors worldwide earthquakes.
In Indonesia's restive Aceh province, nine people died in a flash flood following the earthquake, local radio reported.
"I saw four bodies of kids and five bodies of adults," one resident identified as Mustofa told El Shinta radio, agencies reported.
In Thailand it wasn't clear how the tourists, who were on a popular Phuket beach, died, said Sorat Susaeng, of the Narenthorn Center of the Public Health Ministry, AP reported.
The center also reported that people were swept off a Phuket beach by tidal waves surging as high as five meters (16 feet) after the earthquake hit near the Sumatra. It wasn't clear if the people swept off the beach were the people who died.
Thousands of people fled their homes in the Aceh provincial capital Banda Aceh when the tremor struck, the official Antara news agency said.
Residents in North Sumatra's capital, Medan, reported a strong tremor that caused panic among residents.
"It was quite strong. We ran out of our houses but we're now back inside," said one resident.
The tremor could be felt as far away as Singapore and India.
An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale rattled Indonesia's eastern Papua province in November, killing 29 people in the coastal town of Nabire.
Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands, lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire where plate boundaries intersect and volcanoes regularly erupt.
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Wat wil je hier nu eigenlijk mee? Dit kan iedereen ook elders op internet vinden...wat voor discussie wil je nou?
"Dear life, When I said "can my day get any worse?" it was a rhetorical question, not a challenge."
Ja, heel vervelend. Maar ik zie niet in waarom we allemaal onder elkaar "goh, wat erg" zouden moeten posten zonder er daadwerkelijk iets bij te voelen. Tenzij je iemand kent in dat gebied. Dus nogmaals: wat voor discussie wil je, wat is je mening. Dit is toch een forum, geen CNN.
"Dear life, When I said "can my day get any worse?" it was a rhetorical question, not a challenge."
Iemand zijn 1e kersdag is niet zo goed bevallen
"Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. That is why I succeed." Michael Jordan
Ik dacht dat we daar al een topic over hadden, maar dat was van een andere aardbeving. Trouwens ook van jouw. -> Aardbeving van 8.1!
Maar Isabeau heeft wel gelijk. Als mensen berichtjes willen lezen kunnen ze wel de weg naar een nieuwssite of een krant oid vinden. Dat zijn wij niet. Alleen posten om iets te melden is niet de bedoeling.
Niet gelijk persoonlijk aantrekken want je doet tenminste wel enige moeite om het er goed uit te laten zien.
Maar Isabeau heeft wel gelijk. Als mensen berichtjes willen lezen kunnen ze wel de weg naar een nieuwssite of een krant oid vinden. Dat zijn wij niet. Alleen posten om iets te melden is niet de bedoeling.
Niet gelijk persoonlijk aantrekken want je doet tenminste wel enige moeite om het er goed uit te laten zien.
