Re: earthquake in the Indonesian area



This earthquake seems identical to the 1994 Java subduction quake and
tsunami, except south of Western Java instead of Eastern Java.
"George" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Rex Pusser" <Rexpusser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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More details..

Magnitude 7.1 (Major)
Date-Time Monday, July 17, 2006 at 08:19:30 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Monday, July 17, 2006 at 3:19:30 PM
= local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 9.295°S, 107.347°E
Depth 48.6 km (30.2 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
Distances 225 km (140 miles) NE of Christmas Island
240 km (150 miles) SSW of Tasikmalaya, Java, Indonesia
260 km (160 miles) S of Bandung, Java, Indonesia
355 km (220 miles) S of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.9 km (8.0 miles); depth fixed by
location program
Parameters Nst= 95, Nph= 95, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.16 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usqgaf

courtesy of NSGS, check it out.
"Rex Pusser" <Rexpusser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Just heard on the news of an earthquake in the Indonesian area which
generated a one metre tsunami.
Some lives lost.

RexP


Looks like the USGS has updated it to a 7.7:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usqgaf.php#details

George




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