Re: Region: SAMOA ISLANDS REGION Magnitude: 7.9 Mw


"Hatunen" <hatunen@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:54:20 -0400, Al Fansome
<al_fansome@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event AT00424649.


Region: SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
Geographic coordinates: 15.556S, 172.302W
Magnitude: 7.9 Mw
Depth: 85 km
Universal Time (UTC): 29 Sep 2009 17:48:19
Time near the Epicenter: 29 Sep 2009 06:48:19
Local standard time in your area: 29 Sep 2009 17:48:19

[Etc]

And none of our earthquake predictors gave us any warning. Not
about the Indonesian quake either.



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************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@xxxxxxx) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

Well, to be fair, several reports published before and after the 2004
tsunami suggested that the area that ruptured a few days ago was long
overdue for a large destructive quake. Of course, they didn't make timing
predictions.

George


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