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No reports of damage yet.

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake IN SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA has occurred at:
2.40S 104.02E Depth 578km Sun Jul 25 14:35:18 2004 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sun Jul 25 14:35:18 2004
Time Near Epicenter Sun Jul 25 21:35:18 2004
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Sun Jul 25 10:35:18 2004
Central Daylight Time (CDT) Sun Jul 25 09:35:18 2004
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) Sun Jul 25 08:35:18 2004
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) Sun Jul 25 07:35:18 2004
Alaska Daylight Time (ADT) Sun Jul 25 06:35:18 2004
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Sun Jul 25 04:35:18 2004

Location with respect to nearby cities:
100 km (65 miles) SSE of Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia (pop 410,000)
105 km (65 miles) NW of Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia (pop 1,352,000)
405 km (255 miles) S of SINGAPORE
510 km (320 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/ ... uslial.htm .

Wow that is a big earthquake. I hope no one got injured but you know that is to be expected with a quake so big like this one.

I wonder if this will make a tsunami anywhere ...

Wow, that a huge earthquake. The most we have had here was 6 something and that made tons of damage.

******UPDATE*******

Strong earthquake rocks Indonesia's Sumatra

JAKARTA (Agencies): A strong earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale hit western Indonesia on Sunday, but its center was too deep to cause surface damage, a meteorology officer here said on Monday.

The quake, which hit at 9:35 p.m. (14:35 GMT), was centered some 600 kilometers (370 miles) under the surface, about 100 kilometers northwest of Palembang city in south Sumatra province, the Meteorology and Geophysics office in Jakarta said.

It added that said the center of the quake was too deep to cause any damage on the surface, and that there were no reports of casualties or damage.

Although it was felt across Sumatra and Java island, and as far as Lombok island east of Bali, it was most strong in Bengkulu, 324 kilometers southwest of the quake's center.

"There was no damage reported, but the earthquake did cause some panic among the local population," said Manaf, an officer from the meteorology office in Bengkulu city.

Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are common in Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands and islets strung along the so-called 'Pacific Ring of Fire'.

Earthquakes occasionally cause widespread damage and loss of life.

An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale that struck Indonesia's resource-rich Papua in February killed at least 30 people and left around 26,000 people homeless.

In 2000, Indonesia was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9, killing more than 100 people. (**)

That is a stong eathquake. You don't usually see earthquakes above 7.5 anyway. An eathquake above a 7.0 is a major one, and I am glad that it appears not many were hurt.

Now if only we could get an 8.0 to level Iran's nuclear facilities.......