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Massive Earthquake.
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» daFTWin replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 1:38pm |
 Coolness: 277160 | Southern Thailand evacuated after Indonesian earthquake
BANGKOK, March 29 -- Residents living in Thailand's southern coastal areas are being evacuated early Tuesday morning, a precaution against possible tsunami attacks following a strong earthquake in Indonesia. The evacuation is being carried out in the coastal areas and low lands in the kingdom's six southern provinces hit by tsunami on Dec. 26 last year, reported the local iTV. An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale occurred in Indonesia's Sumatra Island at 23:09 p.m. Monday night. The strong seism was felt in southern Thailand, where several tourist hot sites are located. The wave of earthquake was also felt in the capital Bangkok, which lies more than 1,000 kilometers away from the center of the earthquake. People living in Bangkok's high-rises reported sway of building lasting for some five minutes. Enditem ----- I didnt have time to post something more informative, just to make people aware.. I heard it on the radio not too long ago :( |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» daFTWin replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 1:48pm |
| Coolness: 277160 | Heres something with a little more info.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A massive 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra on Monday close to where a quake triggered a tsunami that left nearly 300,000 people dead or missing across Asia, residents and officials said. The latest quake had the potential to cause a "widely destructive tsunami" and authorities should take "immediate action," including evacuating coastlines within 600 miles of the epicentre, the Pacific tsunami warning centre said. Malaysia urged residents along parts of its west coast to evacuate to higher areas. Thailand, India and Sri Lanka also immediately issued tsunami warnings in coastal areas. Sirens were ringing in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Trincomalee, residents said. A spokesman for the U.S. Geological Survey told Reuters the quake struck 125 miles west northwest of Sibolga, Sumatra or 880 miles northwest of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta at 1609 GMT, close to where the 9.0 magnitude quake struck in December. Tens of thousands of people ran out of their homes in many parts of Sumatra, and in Singapore and Malaysia. But there were no immediate reports of casualties. "It was very strong," said a telephone operator in the Sumatran city of Medan, in western Indonesia. "We all ran out of the building." An NGO official in Banda Aceh, the town worst hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami, sent out a telephone message saying thousands of people fled their homes and headed for higher ground after feeling what he described as "a very damn big earthquake". Panic spread in many areas along the west coast of Malaysia, the Bernama news agency said. "It felt stronger than on Dec. 26," said Arumugam Gopal, a resident of the town of Penang. U.S. Geological Survey spokesman Don Blakeman said Monday's quake was considered a "great earthquake" because it was larger than a magnitude 8. He said it was an aftershock from December's temblor but was a "very serious earthquake in its own right". But the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake had the "potential to generate a widely destructive tsunami in the ocean or seas near the earthquake". "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," it added. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 1:57pm |
 Coolness: 472530 | damn it doesnt stop over there |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Souldah replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 3:04pm |
 Coolness: 48975 | THE END TIMES ARE NIGH! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» daFTWin replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 5:12pm |
| Coolness: 277160 | Its 'The end is Nigh' |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» little_sarah replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 5:18pm |
 Coolness: 122165 | i thoguht it caused a mini-tsunami? that's what they said on cnn |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» daFTWin replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 5:55pm |
| Coolness: 277160 | ppfff, cnn, people still listen to that? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» blop replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 10:13pm |
 Coolness: 201255 | cnn is a joke. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Mon Mar 28, 2005 @ 10:20pm |
 Coolness: 151185 | No, Bollywood is a joke. |
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