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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Magnitude 7.3 - KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA
2004-11-12
A major earthquake occurred at 21:26:44 (UTC) on Thursday, November 11th, 2004. The magnitude 7.3 event has been located in KEPULAUAN ALOR, INDONESIA.

Location 8.137°S, 124.791°E
Depth 37.8 km (23.5 miles)

Distances
100 km (60 miles) WNW of DILI, East Timor
260 km (160 miles) NNE of Kupang, Timor, Indonesia
355 km (220 miles) ENE of Ende, Flores, Indonesia
810 km (510 miles) NW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
Posted by:Mark Espinola

#9  Ship, lolol at least those 'longs' do not expire unless in Seattle/Vancouver :)
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-12 8:30:35 PM  

#8  If you are worried about a subduction superquake, avoid Seattle/Vancouver.
Posted by: phil_b   2004-11-12 2:32:49 PM  

#7  Mark I'm going long on whiskey, fishhooks and seed corn.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-11-12 1:35:05 PM  

#6  Steve, the latest update is not indicating any tidal wave movement but the death toll is now up to 17.

Cheaderhead, your excellent point about the Sea of Mamarra (link) has some people even in Israel concerned over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, since if a Mamarra connected mega-quake extended southward it could knock down major sections of the Islamic sections and therefore the radical Pal Arabs would blame Israel as they just did over Arafat's death in stating 'Israel poisoned him'.

Do you feel that Ankara is more susceptible to a Mamarra triggered monster size quake, more so, or equal to Istanbul?
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-12 12:02:58 PM  

#5  It's message from Allan
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-12 10:38:59 AM  

#4  Indonesia is one of the prime regions of the world for earthquake activity simply because of the complicated tectonic nature of the Earths crust in the region. Another are that will be devistated by a major quake is Istanbul because of the monster laying in wait in beneath the Sea of Mamarra
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2004-11-12 10:19:07 AM  

#3  Any reports of tidal waves from the Indo quake?
Posted by: Steve   2004-11-12 9:38:48 AM  

#2  alot of plate movement in this region at the moment , I personally blame the Joooooo's and a lost submarine
Posted by: MacNails   2004-11-12 7:48:56 AM  

#1  Update: At least 16 people are reported to have been killed on the Indonesian island of Alor, off West Timor.

Also, as many as 47 people were badly injured and 485 buildings damaged, including two mosques and four churches.

A second quake with a 6.4 magnitude hit the same area about an hour and half later. There's a whole lot of shaking going on and more coming!

The Asian Pacific rim portion of the so-called Ring of Fire is being jolted with one powerful earthquake after the other.

I am just waiting for a VERY dangerous mega-quake of over 8 on the Richter scale to shockingly destroy both Yokohama and Tokyo.

When? Naturally this can not be accurately predicted, but recent seismic trending is pointing to additional very destructive quakes for Taiwan, Japan, Mainland China and the Islands of the Pacific.

If what I believe is coming for Japan, in terms of monstrous devastation to her twin financial & exporting centres, there shall also be very serious, global economic implications as well, due to the nature of market interconnections.

When this earth shaking event does indeed take place in Japan, (worse than the Kobé quake) coupled with the projected, immediate, world-wide financial fallout, everyone will be aware very quickly. Just don't blame me! :- )


Metropolitan Tokyo & Yokohama will be ground zero.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-11-12 6:48:34 AM  

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