**shit About To Hit Fan Again In South East Asia**magnitude 6.9**

[thebobman]

QUAKE INFO HERE
TSUNAMI ALERT & WARNING HAS GONE OUT
DETAILS AS THEY APPEAR...

***QUAKE UPGRADED TO 7.1***

[mux]

...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN IS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH
COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 6.9
LOCATION - 5.5N 123.4E - MINDANAO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
TIME - 0323 AST 02/05/2005
0423 PST 02/05/2005
1223 UTC 02/05/2005

EVALUATION
BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT
SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA -
OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. IN AREAS OF INTENSE
SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY SLUMPING.


...looks like we're fine. Nothing on CNN yet, I wonder when it'll hit Brunei etc?

[thebobman]

indeed, looks like the phillipines might get nailed again

[justin]

o wow, is this one bigger than the last?
hopefully the warning gets our early enough this time

[thebobman]

no the last one was a 9.0
each magnitude being twice as power ful the 9.0 would be 4 times more powerful, not that this is anything to be sneezed at

[mux]

I was under the impression that each unit of magnitude represented ten times the power - ie, a 7.0 is ten times as strong as a 6.0.

I could be wrong, and can't be assed to google right now.

[thebobman]

my bad, I'm thinking about the .1 increments
Wikipedia: Richter Scale
Logrithmic base 10 scale

[wum]

the end is nigh!

[wum]

strange, no word on CNN?

[gnosis]

^What the fuck are you doing staring at a misguiding piece of shit like CNN for?!

Turn your fucking TV off!!!

Dumbass!

Frosty
(Propaganda, whut?)

[wum]

Originally Posted by gnosis

^What the fuck are you doing staring at a misguiding piece of shit like CNN for?!

Turn your fucking TV off!!!

Dumbass!

Frosty
(Propaganda, whut?)

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[Camera Guy]

http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/

http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/welcome.html

http://www.pgc.nrcan.gc.ca/seismo/re...0evt.list.html

things are going to be getting a bit wierd soon

[~*faeryfly*~]

ah :(

[acidic_liquid]

Hmmm if we were to be hit with a tsunami, would serious damage only occur at the coastlines? Then flooding further in?