ANOTHER BIG ONE...7.8 QUAKE

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#61 Postby Thierry_Gironde » Wed May 03, 2006 12:47 pm

Four minutes long...really?

Loma Prieta--the earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area in '89--only lasted for about 15 seconds, and I tell you, even THAT felt like an eternity. But four minutes...ugh.

From what I've heard on CNN though, things don't seem quite as bad as you'd expect. The lady from the hotel in Tonga seemed more upset at the hotel staff's laid-back attitude than the earthquake, so maybe this is a bullet dodged.
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#62 Postby furluvcats » Wed May 03, 2006 12:47 pm

YEAH!!!! Great news! :bday:
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#63 Postby feederband » Wed May 03, 2006 12:47 pm

Brent wrote:
feederband wrote:Quake lasted for 4 minutes... :eek:

According to guy talking on CNN


The 2004 Indian Ocean quake lasted up to 10 minutes.

This earthquake was also reported to be the longest duration of faulting ever observed, lasting between 500 and 600 seconds.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_India ... earthquake


Thats crazy man... :eek:
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#64 Postby furluvcats » Wed May 03, 2006 12:53 pm

small 16 inch tsunamis did hit...threat seems to be over
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#65 Postby Evil Jeremy » Wed May 03, 2006 1:23 pm

the warning has been cancelled
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#66 Postby kevin » Wed May 03, 2006 3:35 pm

Yeah, I can't imagine why anyone in their right minds would think this would be even close to the BIG Tsunami. That was about as bad as they can get, ever, and it struck areas without a warning. Mass destruction, chaos, and excited posters averted. Sweet.
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#67 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu May 04, 2006 3:39 pm

Second quake - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194263,00.html
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#68 Postby furluvcats » Thu May 04, 2006 4:35 pm

Very interesting article Duckie...sounds like there would have been no preparedness in most places has a tsnunami actually formed and struck...
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