Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / December 2004

Can CNN, BBC get away with this corpse show in
'sensitive' Manhattan?
After 9/11 they chanted privacy, sensitivity; Asian
disaster open season to show bodies of men, women,

As if an earthquake and tsunami was not enough, now a volcano has to
erupt in the Andamans.  Perhaps is an after effect of the tsunami.
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India's last active volcano erupts on Andamans

I was just checking the latest tsunami bullitins from the PTWC and
it has some information about tsunami effects being measrured in
places around the Pacific Ocean. In part it reads,
</quote>

1.   I heard on the TV news, that, the quake was so huge that  'it
actually affected the rotation of the earth' . How is this possible ,
technically ?
2.  I heard that the Tsunami wave travelled at approx. 500 mph from the

http://www.ksbitv.com/home/1167107.html
Asia quake death toll tops 23,000
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Weeping residents combed through debris and stunned
tourists meandered through litter-strewn streets on Monday, a day after tsunamis

TSUNAMI!
I just wanted to yell that.
--e.a.

An interesting animation is shown below
http://staff.aist.go.jp/kenji.satake/animation.gif
Could anyone explain whether the starting location of the EQ in the
animation is correct?  I thought it started to the west of Sumatra,

Just curious about this...
So many comments about the terrible devastation from the Sumatra Quake have
mentioned missing fishing boats.  That rather surprises me unless these boats
were in very shallow water or very close to shore.  Often, ships and boats at

Look at this graph and tell me that it isn't saying that this event lasted some 41 minutes!
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_slav_r.html
Am I reading this incorrectly?  What gives?

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&u=/ap/20041226/ap_on_re_as/indones
ia_earthquake_23&printer=1
A quote from above article:
"All the planet is vibrating" from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head
of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV,

There haven't been any quakes of any kind in the SE Asia area in over a day
[either that of the USGS isn't recording anymore]
eric l.

I realize that this might be considered by some as bad timing, given the recent
disaster in the Bay of Bengal region, but I want to get this posted before the
new year to give people a chance to comment before the official start of the
contest in order to make any necessary ...

Xtian missionaries using divine wrath theory to get converts from tsunami victims
Forwarded message from "G.Subramaniam" <gsubrec@comcast.net>
[ Subject: Xtian missionaries using divine wrath theory
    to get converts from tsunami victims

I had a bit of insomnia last night and listened to Art Bell's
radio show with all the "experts" (spelled k-o-o-k-s) explaining
the quake.  One repeated observation was Sunday was a full moon.
A paper by UCLA scientists last October found some correlation

Does anyone have mere info or links regarding the axis shift caused by the
recent quake?
Thanks in advance,
Der Coach