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8.9 earthquake off coast of Sumatra

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  • #32
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭shedweller


    pacquiao wrote: »
    I'd say it won't be anything like 2004. What does an earthquake feel like anyway?
    I've been through a few "small" ones, the largest being 6.3. The first one i witnessed (4 point something) i thought my wife, who was sitting behind me, nudged my chair so i moved a bit to let her out. But the nudge was a quake. Then i saw the curtains move away from the wall. This was because the wall moved but the curtains stayed there for a moment! Then the whole house was like it was on rollers and it rolled over and back about 10 times. Not violently either, it was gentle enough. All this was accompanied by a low rumbling sound like a train was passing outside.
    The 6.3 was all of the above multiplied many times. My kid was only a few weeks old and was in a wheeled bassinet/cot yoke. He was rolling up and down the floor by about 2 feet. Hmm.....i got out of NZ not to long after!

    Sorry for the off topic.


  • #33
    mayotom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭mayotom


    hawkwing wrote: »
    TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
    PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
    ISSUED AT 0845Z 11 APR 2012

    THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

    ... AN INDIAN-OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

    A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

    INDONESIA / INDIA / SRI LANKA / AUSTRALIA / MYANMAR / THAILAND /
    MALDIVES / UNITED KINGDOM / MALAYSIA / MAURITIUS / REUNION /
    SEYCHELLES / PAKISTAN / SOMALIA / OMAN / MADAGASCAR / IRAN /
    UAE / YEMEN / COMORES / BANGLADESH / TANZANIA / MOZAMBIQUE /
    KENYA / CROZET ISLANDS / KERGUELEN ISLANDS / SOUTH AFRICA /
    SINGAPORE

    .

    The UK thats half way around the world, now that's a mega Tsunami


  • #34
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Currently here in Thailand felt the first quake and it was a surreal experience, within the first few minutes there was massive panic and the tsunami hooters went off and people have begun evacuating, I'm on the 7th story around 100metres from the beach so will wait it out should it.

    Some fright to get all the same.


  • #35
    drdeadlift
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,189 ✭✭✭drdeadlift


    Stinicker wrote: »
    Currently here in Thailand felt the first quake and it was a surreal experience, within the first few minutes there was massive panic and the tsunami hooters went off and people have begun evacuating, I'm on the 7th story around 100metres from the beach so will wait it out should it.

    Some fright to get all the same.

    i would still head to higher ground.


  • #36
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    drdeadlift wrote: »
    i would still head to higher ground.
    It is 2012 :p


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  • #37
    Chazz Michael Michaels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Chazz Michael Michaels


    mayotom wrote: »
    hawkwing wrote: »
    TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
    PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
    ISSUED AT 0845Z 11 APR 2012

    THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

    ... AN INDIAN-OCEAN-WIDE TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

    A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

    INDONESIA / INDIA / SRI LANKA / AUSTRALIA / MYANMAR / THAILAND /
    MALDIVES / UNITED KINGDOM / MALAYSIA / MAURITIUS / REUNION /
    SEYCHELLES / PAKISTAN / SOMALIA / OMAN / MADAGASCAR / IRAN /
    UAE / YEMEN / COMORES / BANGLADESH / TANZANIA / MOZAMBIQUE /
    KENYA / CROZET ISLANDS / KERGUELEN ISLANDS / SOUTH AFRICA /
    SINGAPORE

    .

    The UK thats half way around the world, now that's a mega Tsunami

    Maybe they mean some island colonies?


  • #38
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    drdeadlift wrote: »
    i would still head to higher ground.

    The consensus is that a wave won't come unless the second aftershock triggers it, I'm staying put for fear that I would get caught up in the tsunami whilst trying to evacuate. I can go up another 6 stories to eleventh floor and roof should it strike.


  • #39
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    shedweller wrote: »
    I've been through a few "small" ones, the largest being 6.3. The first one i witnessed (4 point something) i thought my wife, who was sitting behind me, nudged my chair so i moved a bit to let her out. But the nudge was a quake. Then i saw the curtains move away from the wall. This was because the wall moved but the curtains stayed there for a moment! Then the whole house was like it was on rollers and it rolled over and back about 10 times. Not violently either, it was gentle enough. All this was accompanied by a low rumbling sound like a train was passing outside.
    The 6.3 was all of the above multiplied many times. My kid was only a few weeks old and was in a wheeled bassinet/cot yoke. He was rolling up and down the floor by about 2 feet. Hmm.....i got out of NZ not to long after!

    Sorry for the off topic.

    You thought there was somebody behind the curtains? ;)


  • #40
    pacquiao
    Closed Accounts Posts: 465 ✭✭pacquiao


    Turn up your volume and watch this. At least watch the first 2 minutes.




  • #41
    Africa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭Africa


    pacquiao wrote: »
    Turn up your volume and watch this. At least watch the first 2 minutes.


    Glad I live in ireland (despite the cruddie weather and politicians)


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  • #42
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Africa wrote: »
    Glad I live in ireland (despite the cruddie weather and politicians)
    What about the economic Earthquake. :eek:


  • #43
    Chazz Michael Michaels
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Chazz Michael Michaels


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    Africa wrote: »
    Glad I live in ireland (despite the cruddie weather and politicians)
    What about the economic Earthquake. :eek:

    Is there no context in which this comment won't arise?


  • #44
    [Deleted User]
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    Time wave Zero right again... :p:D;)


  • #45
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    That video be crazy..


  • #46
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    That video is mad. Japan gets a crazy amount of earthquakes. Following the Japan earthquake quake alert on Twitter, they get at least 5-10 small ones a day. I know a guy who lived there and said they dont even pay attention to them most of the time, just carry on like its a gust of wind etc.


  • #47
    Mr Benevolent
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    / CROZET ISLANDS / KERGUELEN ISLANDS / SOUTH AFRICA /
    SINGAPORE    / CORK

    YES!


  • #48
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Any sign of the wave?


  • #49
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Any sign of the wave?

    Yeah there's been report of 1m waves so far. Nothing major. We'd know about it by now if there was a problem.


  • #50
    Daithi 1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭Daithi 1


    pacquiao wrote: »
    Turn up your volume and watch this. At least watch the first 2 minutes.



    What does the yellow line represent ?


  • #51
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,011 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Daithi 1 wrote: »
    What does the yellow line represent ?

    Graph. Total on left, time on bottom.


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  • #52
    Africa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭Africa


    so, does it seem like they are grand enough? Havent seen any mad pictures yet.


  • #53
    nice_very
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭nice_very


    a 6.4 in Michoacan, south-west Mexico too.. between Mexico city, Acapulco, Guadalajara and more in US http://mauinow.com/2012/04/11/no-tsunami-threat-to-hawaii-7-0-mexico-earthquake/


  • #54
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    nice_very wrote: »
    a 6.4 in Michoacan, south-west Mexico too.. between Mexico city, Acapulco, Guadalajara and more in US http://mauinow.com/2012/04/11/no-tsunami-threat-to-hawaii-7-0-mexico-earthquake/


    6.4 isnt really noteworthy, thought it was initially a 7.0 (which is hardly even noteworthy itself)


  • #55
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,427 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    pacquiao wrote: »
    Turn up your volume and watch this. At least watch the first 2 minutes.




    Holy crap. I had the sound up and the Japanese one in March actually made me jump!


  • #56
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Holy crap. I had the sound up and the Japanese one in March actually made me jump!

    I loved this!! Appealed to my inner geek:D
    I experienced a small quake (5 or 6 point something) while in Spain once. Weirdest thing. You are sitting but everything is moving, v hard to explain. Surreal


  • #57
    Jeboa Safari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭Jeboa Safari


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Holy crap. I had the sound up and the Japanese one in March actually made me jump!

    I was looking out for it, thought it was the fairly big one just before it...then BOOM

    Interesting video


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