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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Tsunami Earthquake Stronger than Originally thought |
| 2005-05-21 |
| The Asian earthquake that triggered the deadly tsunami in December was more powerful than scientists had estimated, according to new studies published in Friday's issue of Science. "The Earth is still ringing like a bell today," nearly six months after the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Roland Burgmann, professor of earth and planetary science at the University of California, Berkeley, told the journal. According to the study, researchers now believe the quake had a magnitude of 9.15. Initial measurements put it at 9.0. The quake generated a tsunami that killed about 300,000 people in states around the Indian Ocean. That's 1.5 times as powerful as originally thought, and releasing about 5 times as much energy as estimated. It also set records for the longest fault rupture and the longest duration of faulting, the researchers reported. In another study published in Friday's issue of Science, Professor Jeffrey Park of Yale said the quake's rupture moved giant slabs of rock a record distance, equivalent to moving from Florida to New England. |
| Posted by:too true |
| #2 Musta been that newer model from Halliburton, Tel Aviv Division. |
| Posted by: Brett 2005-05-21 16:14 |
| #1 ----ing North Koreans. |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-05-21 13:37 |