Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / December 2004

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/
Scroll half way down the page to view the map.

There's more than likely a Red Cross office in your hometown. It's the
place people usually go to give blood. There's an office about 3 miles from
my house. I was driving in the area today and decided to stop in and drop
off $20. I told them I wanted to donate this for the ...

Tsunami toll mounts to 1,23,000
rediff.com team   December 29, 2004 09:31 IST
Last Updated: December 31, 2004 09:38 IST
It has been confirmed that more than 1,23,000 people died

BBC - NEW TSUNAMI ALERT
India tsunami alert sparks panic  
BBC
Last Updated: Thursday, 30 December, 2004, 07:21 UTC

I have just finished uploading a new animation of the Adobe hills
hypocenters.
WARNING!! It's a large 9+ meg AVI file.
But for that price you get a theater like 2.35:1 anamorphic aspect

The recent Sumatran EQ created a resulting wave that affected the local
area in a dramatic manner. (My condolences to those affected.)
I was wondering how long would it take for that wave to make it's way
around the planet, and specifically if there was a way to determine how

Swedish newspaper: Tsunami warning was stopped
Source - Expressen (Swedish online newspaper)
Date - Dec. 28
Translated by: CLiss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4131881.stm
Global aid organisations have launched urgent appeals for donations to
help survivors of Sunday's Indian Ocean earthquake disaster.
I just saw a site to send your cheques to on BBC 24 but I could not find

http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=11009&cid=5&cname=Asia%20&%20Pacific
A story has been floating around that few dead animals have been seen
in the tsunami areas, including a major elephant reserve in Sri Lanka,
even though it was significantly inudated.

So much for the notion of a gradual elastic stress accumulation in
rocks, and its release, causing earthquake; there has been no lack of
regular significant shallow events in the immediate area.  There
certainly has not been any hiatus of seismic activity in the immediate

EXACTLY 30 years AND at Christmas, after the impact of Cyclone Tracey
on the Australian city[1] in December 25th 1974, Nature has given
another deadly Christmas present, but this time as an Earthquake
Tsunami (ET) Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD).

The Earth axis shift, probably due to the recent massive earthquake in
Asia, has been measured with precision: 2 thousandths of an arcsecond!
Here's the interview with the scientist involved in the research:
http://www.uai.it/index.php?tipo=A&id=662

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-976580,curpg-2.cms
"But junior minister for science and technology Kapil Sibal said he had
"simply forwarded" a message received from a US-based company to the Home
Ministry mentioning the possibility of a quake of up to 7.5 on the ...

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_slav_ts.html
The devastating megathrust earthquake of December 26, 2004, occurred on the
interface of the India and Burma plates and was caused by the release of
stresses that develop as the India plate subducts beneath the overriding Burma

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-12/osu-oe122904.php
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The newest studies on the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the
coast of the Pacific Northwest have identified a "clustering" of great
earthquakes of the type that would cause a major tsunami, yielding a ...