Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / December 2004

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Australia.html
Magnitude 8.9 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
2004 December 26 00:58:50 UTC
Magnitude 6.0 - ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

Considering the horrors in Asia this morning, it seems that M=9s have been
extremely rare prior to the 1950s.
1.<A HREF="http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/world/1960_05_22.html"> Chile</A>
1960 05 22 9.5 38.24 S 73.05 W

Surprised to see no mention by anyone in this group yet of the 8.5 quake off
the W. Coast of Malaysia today which generated tsunamis which killed hundreds
of people in Malaysia, Thailand and at least as far away as the Calcutta, India
region --- on the opposite side of the Indian ...

Quake rocks SE Asia, 214 killed in Lanka
Agencies
The Times of India
Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 12:01:38 p.m.

A while back there was much discussion here about a sequence of EQ's
occurring near Qualey's Camp, Nv. Skywise reiterated a 3D visual of this EQ
sequence that was available on his Webb site. This sequence of EQ's is
probably one of the longest running sequences of EQ's to occur in ...

A 7.8 just occured on the MacQuarie Ridge south of New Zealand.
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/last30days.phtml?region=Australia%20NZ&latN=5&latS=-
70&lonE=200&lonW=100
Alan

The Adobe Hills sequence just doesn't seem to want to
quit.
There was a 3.9 at 19:56 local (03:56 UTC), which is
less than 3 hours after the p-wave arrival time from the

From what I remember of previous magnitudes, this quake is the largest since
either the Good Friday Alaskan quake of 1964,  or the Chile quake of 1960.   I
know the Alaskan magnitude has sometimes been in dispute. Maybe someone out
there knows for sure!

Tidal Waves Kill More Than 2,200 in Asia  (don't you hate it when the media gets
a hold of these stories and uses the wrong terminology?)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=360096
JAKARTA, Indonesia Dec 26, 2004 - The world's most powerful earthquake in 40

Tidal waves and tremors hit Asia  
BBC
Sunday, 26 December, 2004, 05:27 UTC
Significant casualties are being reported following tidal

I have recently returned to this group after a long time away to find many
new posters here and a flow of good information from lots of interesting,
and qualified people.
I realize that in the past, I have scorned, even insulted, the many

Another EQ has occurred in the string along a line from central Al to the ~
central Va-Ky line. A > mag 3 near Tellico Plains, Tn. A beach ball for the
larger events along this line would be helpful to determine movement of this
group of EQ's.

Stan was close in his prediction area.What is this map used?
http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/04_Cosmic/041222.Deyo.EQs.html

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when I saw this recipe, I thought of you. So Bottoms Up, Ho Ho, Kiss
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Tequila End-O-The-Year Cake

Next year, the biggest earthquake ever seen will hit California and
Los Angeles and San Francisco will be destroyed!!!