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2006-12-26 China-Japan-Koreas

7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Taiwan; 3-Foot High Tsunami Headed for Philippines

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Posted by .com 2006-12-26 08:24|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How can they call it a 3 foot tsunami? Tsunami's have no heighth in the open ocean.

Posted by Almost Anonymous5839">Almost Anonymous5839 2006-12-26 08:50|| 2006-12-26 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Just had a second, 7.0

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-12-26 08:59|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2006-12-26 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 The Indonesian tsunami:
The height goes down over time as the wave spreads over the ocean and the energy is expended on shore. At 2 hours after the quake, it was 60 cm (about 2 feet) high. By 3 hours 15 minutes after the quake, that dropped to around 40 cm (about 16 inches) high. By 8 hours 50 minutes after the quake, the wave spread over most of the Indian Ocean and was quite small in most areas5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches)about the limit of the satellite resolution.

Posted by ed 2006-12-26 09:04|| 2006-12-26 09:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Basco is NPA ground, hope they can swim.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-12-26 09:14|| 2006-12-26 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 I finally found confirmation of the second quake, Chuck. Ya shoulda posted a linky thing, lol.

Posted by .com 2006-12-26 09:37|| 2006-12-26 09:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Stand down. Nuthin to see here...

An official at Japan's Meteorological Agency said there was no longer any danger of a destructive tsunami headed for the Philippines, as had been predicted.

"The danger has passed," said Hiroshi Koide of the agency's earthquake section. "We predicted tsunami based on the depth and magnitude of the earthquake. But ultimately, it appears no large tsunami were triggered."

Posted by tu3031 2006-12-26 10:04|| 2006-12-26 10:04|| Front Page Top

#7 There's something about Boxing Day that gets the Elder Gods inhabiting the molten core under the Asian plates in a frisky mood.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2006-12-26 14:19|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2006-12-26 14:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Strong but very short/brief quakin' felt here in Guam - D ***nged delicious CALIFORNIA EGGNOG.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-26 22:21|| 2006-12-26 22:21|| Front Page Top

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