8.9 EarthQuake and Tsunami

[dingo]

Originally Posted by possessed_beaver can they estalish yet weither the plated moved verticaly or horizontality? becuase one can cause a bigger wave then the other,

it was vertical

[jakaracman]

Huh, went to Thailan for vacation not that long ago. Never thought of somothing like that while lying on the beach. Life can be suprisingly short sometimes, if you're not lucky ...

[FordGTGuy]

3600 a min x 60 = 216,000. 60 mins = hour = 216,000 mph.

the other waves were slower after shocks the main wave traveled at this speed.

[dingo]

yes I understand the maths, but the numbers u got must be wrong....a wave cannot travel that fast. The fastest one was about 500mph and they slowed down. Just imagine for a minute what you are saying......its not possible.

[ZfrkS62]

Originally Posted by FordGTGuy 3600 a min x 60 = 216,000. 60 mins = hour = 216,000 mph. the other waves were slower after shocks the main wave traveled at this speed.

think about it this way, 1 gallon of water = 8lbs. with as much water as was in that first wave, the sheer force of it hitting @216,000MPH would have made Sri Lanka the new Atlantis. There would simply be NOTHING left. Saudi Arabia would even be under water.

From 6 miles below the sea bed, and 155 miles SE, 216000MPH would have hit ALOT sooner than 2 and a half hours. the quake hit at 658am, the wave hit at approx. 830.

500MPH is much more reasonable.

[possessed_beaver]

Originally Posted by CSedl87 Originally Posted by possessed_beaver can they estalish yet weither the plated moved verticaly or horizontality? becuase one can cause a bigger wave then the other, They say it created a 620mile hole in the earth. Geologists are saying that it has affected the earths spin, and will affect the weather accordingly.

from what i heard it did shift alot of the earth it was 10km deep where the quake struck, they where talking about it moving upwars of 1km! thats insane, i haven't heard anything about any after-quakes, or more waves as a result of the after shock,

as for affecting theearth's spin and weather, not to sure, i would just put that down to the media working it's scare tactics, on the news here, the reported was asking the Geologists "how likeley is one to hit australia"
he said well one could go off anytime, she turned it around by saying we should all be ready for one and all this bulshit because australia could be hit by a massive wave..

also not much has been said about the container ships, fishing boats ect. that where in the ocean at the time, or even submarines, im not sure a contaner ship would fare up to well...

[5vz-fe]

mach 1 = 340.29 m / s --> 1225km/h --> 761.2mph

IF FordGTGuy is correct that means the wave is traveling at MACH 283.7 LOL!!!!!

According to the paper this moring, the wave is approx 800km/h, more like mrmojo77's answer.

What a tradegy, some part of the world is enjoying the boxing day sale while the other suffers from water damage :cry:

[ZfrkS62]

What a tradegy, some part of the world is enjoying the boxing day sale while the other suffers from water damage

could you please enlighten me as to the meaning of boxing day? it sounds like a massive sporting event

[Schwalbe]

This tragedy is very horrible, the countries concerned should obtain in the future "Tsunami alarm system" like in Japan. That's really sad.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by ZfrkS62 What a tradegy, some part of the world is enjoying the boxing day sale while the other suffers from water damage could you please enlighten me as to the meaning of boxing day? it sounds like a massive sporting event

Don't worry - it is just another "Swastika waving holiday for Christianss".. :roll:

Boxing Day The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients

The secular adoption of this day is in the form of tradesmen and labourers collecting "Christmas Boxes" of goodies from customers as they do their rounds - for example garbage collectors, milk men etc.

[FoxFour]

Don't trust the scientific explanations put out by the media. Lots of times they are highly inaccurate. Get the info from the specialists.
http://www.usgs.gov/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/alert_info.htm
http://geoscope.ipgp.jussieu.fr/index.htm
http://www.noaa.gov/

So everyone can brush up on eathquake knowledge
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/lo...tectonics.html

[GT-R_R34]

i saw the news this morning and now the toll hits 23,700 dead people.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754820/?GT1=5936

[cooperluke]

So happy to live here in Portugal where the last natural disaster was a big eartquake and Tsunami in 1755 !!

Sorry for all the victims, too... this kind of things is terrible!
Anyone here lives there in the Area afected?

[FoxFour]

Just got this in (5:32 Eastern time US)
2004/12/27 20:10 M 5.8 SIMEULUE, INDONESIA Z= 10km 2.86N 95.59E

This information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.
(Address problems to: [email protected])

These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake IN SIMEULUE, INDONESIA has occurred at:
2.86N 95.59E Depth 10km Mon Dec 27 20:10:48 2004 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Mon Dec 27 20:10:48 2004
Time Near Epicenter Tue Dec 28 03:10:48 2004
Eastern Standard Time (EST) Mon Dec 27 15:10:48 2004
Central Standard Time (CST) Mon Dec 27 14:10:48 2004
Mountain Standard Time (MST) Mon Dec 27 13:10:48 2004
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Mon Dec 27 12:10:48 2004
Alaska Standard Time (AST) Mon Dec 27 11:10:48 2004
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Mon Dec 27 10:10:48 2004

Location with respect to nearby cities:
295 km (180 miles) S of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
350 km (215 miles) WSW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
380 km (235 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
1590 km (990 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs...kes/ussnbk.htm .

Flinn-Engdahl Region Number = 705

For the most significant earthquakes, information may also be
available from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program home page at
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ and the USGS home page at
http://www.usgs.gov/ .

You will continue to receive messages like this when
earthquakes occur that have magnitude 5.5 or greater
anywhere in the world OR 4.5 or greater in the contiguous
US, Hawaii, and Alaska (excluding the Aleutian Islands).

[FoxFour]

Originally Posted by CSedl87 becuase one can cause a bigger wave then the other,

They say it created a 620mile hole in the earth. Geologists are saying that it has affected the earths spin, and will affect the weather accordingly.

I found this doing a Google search. I am somewhat intrigued by this and will be doing some research on this tonight. If I find anything interesting, I will post

By now, you've probably heard about the horrifying earthquake in the Indian Ocean, and the estimated 8,000 people it has killed. As a metric of just how powerful this quake was, consider the following facts, courtesy News 14:

"All the planet is vibrating" from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation.