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ISSUE OF PRIORITY	13 Jan 2005 07:50 GMT	5
Issue of priority Editorial The Pioneer Thursday, January 13, 2005
Rupture question	13 Jan 2005 02:56 GMT	11
I am wondering about some details of the rupture of last week's earthquake. The rupture seems to be a limited part (1000 km) of the plate boundaries. Is the sliding velocity between the plates zero at the two end points of the rupture? Is the sliding velocity discontinuous ...
Las Palmas volcano eruption - Florida submerged?	12 Jan 2005 18:11 GMT	43
Would you guess Florida will be completely destroyed all the way to Tampa, or, if not, how far inland in FL would you have to be to have a reasonable chance of survival? http://www.newsmedianews.com/tsunami.htm
THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI - WHAT IT MEANS FOR CASCADIA	12 Jan 2005 18:10 GMT	1
http://www.pnsn.org/NEWS/PRESS_RELEASES/2004Tsunami.html Tsunami Risk along the shores of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia Lots of informtation.
Global Displacement Wavefield From The Global Seismic Network	12 Jan 2005 07:02 GMT	6
http://www.iris.iris.edu/sumatra/ Click on the link to view the graphic. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake near Sumatra on December 26, 2004 was one of the most significant seismic events on Earth during the past 100 years. While
FAITH, FLESH AND FURY	11 Jan 2005 21:35 GMT	4
Faith, flesh and fury By Sandhya Jain Editorial The Pioneer
Makes on think ...	11 Jan 2005 21:23 GMT	12
There were high surf and high tide warnings out in the SF. Bay Area today. Hoping for some good pictures, my wife and I drove over the San Rafael Bridge and down to the Marin Headlands. The waves were okay, not what I've seen before, but the 7 foot tide made one stop and think.
Is it just me...	11 Jan 2005 00:46 GMT	6
...or does there seem to be a marked increase in the number of M4+ earthquakes since last Christmas. Is this a record of some sort [since they've been keeping records...1899 and all that)? eric l.
Why wasn't the Earthquake Enough Warning?	10 Jan 2005 22:55 GMT	19
I realize there was no tsunami warning system in that part of the world, but why wasn't the 9.0 earthquake in itself a warning to get to higher ground? I realize that earthquakes don't always cause tsunamis. But a 9.0
Seismic FAQ	10 Jan 2005 22:46 GMT	3
For almost two weeks I've been working on the beginnings of a 'Seismic FAQ' for the group. It's wildly incomplete but far enough along that I thought I'd show what's done so far.
Earthquake was the equivalent of 475 megaton bomb !	10 Jan 2005 21:47 GMT	7
woah. ------------------------------------------ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/neic_slav_faq.html Question: How much energy was released by this earthquake?
Asia Quake Impacts Va. Well-Water Levels	10 Jan 2005 21:42 GMT	5
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-brf-tsunami-well-water,0,771 8835.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines January 8, 2005, 10:21 PM EST RICHMOND, Va. -- The South Asian earthquake that spawned deadly tsunami waves also shifted water levels by at least 3 feet in a ...
Thailand Tsunami Survey Done...	10 Jan 2005 17:45 GMT	6
http://www.drs.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/sumatra/phuket_survey.html Most of the site is in Japanese but much is in English, as are the graphs. Multiple teams are covering other areas, I would expect their results to start coming in in the next few days.
Tsunami - US island base warned - Bulletins sent to Diego	10 Jan 2005 17:31 GMT	8
Forwarded message from "Tim Murphy" <info@cinox.demon.co.uk> [ Subject: Tsunami: US island base given warning - Bulletins sent to Diego [ From: "Tim Murphy" <info@cinox.demon.co.uk> [ Date: 9 Jan 2005
US Geological Survey should have sent out Tsunami warnnings.	10 Jan 2005 15:12 GMT	61
Maybe no one was monitoring world earth quake activity because it was Christmas and the full moon? When the 9.0 quake hit if some one was watching it should have been obvious that coastlines along the indian ocean deserved some warning.