Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / May 2005

http://weatherimages.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=327
Pretty interesting about sums it up.

In yet another day of plate grinding action (so to speak) the Indian
Ocean and Sumatra plates have engaged in a series of 5 point
earthquakes.
MAG    DATE     UTC-TIME    LAT     LON    DEPTH    region

Magnitude  6.9 earthquake has occurred 456 miles W of Medellín, Colombia.
Location:   5.5N  82.2W   Depth: 40.0 km
Date/Time: 2005/05/05 19:12:23 UTC
Date/Time: 2005/05/05 15:12:23 ET

This time further to the south-east -- just south of the island of
Java, Indonesia -- 8.9 -- 9.1 Richter.
Countries most affected will be Indonesia, Papua New Guinea & the
northern-most reaches of Australia....

The story below is from http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q14C236FA .
At the bottom of the story are links to four additional stories that may be
of interest to those interested in geology.
Tsunami-Causing Earthquake Trimmed Bulge off Earth's Middle

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7280
a.. 12:40 18 April 2005
a.. NewScientist.com news service
a.. Kelly Young

Note:  Spelling and grammar is really bad.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-04/indf-glf041405.php
Lazio-Sirad is ready to gather data. The experiment is installed on the
International Space Station and its aim is to trace the slight variations of the

I haven't been following this for a long time and so don't know if
this is unusual, but there have been so far today two small and one
light quakes in Arkansas:
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Shrinking glaciers confirm the worst
30 April 2005
From New Scientist Print Edition.
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