7.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA A FEW MINS AGO!! | 20TH FEB 2008

I WAS WATCHING CNN NOW AND THEY PUT A BREAKING NEWS SAYING DAT THERE HAS BEEN A EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA A FEW MINS AGO WIT DA MAGNITUDE OF 7.6!!

THE FOLLOWING IS DA WARNING MESSAGE THAT IS SENT TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS OF PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER!! ITS SAYS DA MAGNITUDE IS 7.2 BUT CNN REPORTED IT AS 7.6!!

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
ISSUED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (JMA)
ISSUED AT 0829 20 FEB 2008 (UTC)

... A LOCAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

1.EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
ORIGIN TIME : 0809 20 FEB 2008 (UTC)
COORDINATES : 2.8 NORTH 96.0 EAST
LOCATION : NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE : 7.2

2.EVALUATION
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A DESTRUCTIVE LOCAL TSUNAMI
IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

3.ESTIMATED TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIME
ONE HOUR OR LESS
INDIA:
ALL COASTS OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
INDONESIA:
INDIAN OCEAN COAST OF SUMATRA
MALACCA COAST OF SUMATRA

*TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIME IS ESTIMATED ONLY FROM EARTHQUAKE DATA
AND INDICATES THE TIME LAPSE BETWEEN ORIGIN TIME AND TSUNAMI
ARRIVAL TIME.

*THIS WILL BE THE FINAL INFORMATION UNLESS THERE ARE CHANGES
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION AND ESTIMATED TSUNAMI
TRAVEL TIME BY RE-EVALUATION OF THE EARTHQUAKE OR THERE ARE
REPORTS ON TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS.

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TSUNAMI WATCH INFORMATION (TWI) IS PROVIDED TO THE COUNTRIES OF
THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION FROM JMA IN COOPERATION WITH PTWC OF US
ON AN INTERIM BASIS PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TSUNAMI
EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN THE REGION. TWI SHOULD BE REGARDED AS A
REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR THE DISASTER PREVENTION AUTHORITIES OF THE
RECIPIENT COUNTRIES TO ISSUE TSUNAMI WARNINGS ON THEIR OWN
INITIATIVE AND RESPONSIBILITY.
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UPDATE | TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED IN INDONESIA!!

THE UPDATE MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER!!

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0822Z 20 FEB 2008

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... A LOCAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDONESIA

FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0809Z 20 FEB 2008
COORDINATES - 2.8 NORTH 96.0 EAST
LOCATION - OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAGNITUDE - 7.2

EVALUATION

A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL TSUNAMI THAT
COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED
KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES FOR THE
REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.
AREAS FURTHER FROM THE EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA
LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS.

DUE TO ONLY LIMITED SEA LEVEL DATA FROM THE REGION IT MAY NOT
BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS CENTER TO RAPIDLY CONFIRM NOR EVALUATE THE
STRENGTH OF A TSUNAMI IF ONE HAS BEEN GENERATED.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
-------------------------------- ------------ ------------
INDONESIA SIMEULUE 2.5N 96.0E 0827Z 20 FEB

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION...THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

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antoniodilen said:

lankawata wadida danna?

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DANNE NAA BANZ!!
HABAI INDONESIA WEE TSUNAMI WARNING EKAK DEELA!!

UPDATE!!

THE DEPTH OF THE EATHQUAKE HAS BEEN RELEASED!!

34.3 km (21.3 miles)

ALSO IN DA MESSAGE IT SAID DA MAGNITUDE IS 7.2 BUT NW ITS BEEN UPDATED TO 7.5

RE

antoniodilen said:

this was on fox news

MANADO, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake in northeastern Indonesia on Tuesday caused panicked residents to flee shaking buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea and briefly triggered a tsunami warning, officials said.

The 6.5-magnitude quake struck 130 miles from Ternate, the capital of Maluku island, and 233 miles from Manado, the northernmost city on Sulawesi island, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

"We called local authorities in Ternate and coastal areas to warn them of a potential tsunami," said Fauzi, a seismologist who goes by only one name, adding that it turned out to be a false alarm.

One hour after the quake struck, there were no signs of seismically triggered waves.

It was not immediately clear if the quake, which was centered at a depth of around 20 miles, caused any injuries and damage appeared to be largely limited to cracks in buildings.

Frightened residents fled their homes and at least one hotel in Ternate was evacuated.

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

In December 2004, a massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people, including 131,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province alone. A tsunami off Java island last year killed nearly 5,000.

Tuesday's quake came less than a month after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake hit in roughly the same spot, killing at least three people.

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THX FOR DA NEWS BRO!
SO IT HAD BEEN A FALSE ALARM UH??
IT WAS REPORTED ON CNN AS A BREAKING NEWS AND ALSO THE NEWS WAS THERE ON DA PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING WEBSITE INDIAN OCEAN SECTION!!
CHK IT HERE http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=3&id=indian.2008.02.20.082214

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antoniodilen said:

ado but most of the news web sites say its true

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UR RYT MAN!!
I CHKED ON SUM WEBSITES BEFORE I POSTED IT ALSO!!

BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7254325.stm
CNN - http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/20/indonesia.quake/index.html

UPDATE!!

RECEIVED AN UPDATED MESSAGE FEW MINS AGO!!

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0926Z 20 FEB 2008
- Hide quoted text -

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... A LOCAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDONESIA

FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0809Z 20 FEB 2008
COORDINATES - 2.8 NORTH 96.0 EAST
LOCATION - OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAGNITUDE - 7.2

EVALUATION

A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL TSUNAMI THAT
COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED
KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES FOR THE
REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.
AREAS FURTHER FROM THE EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA
LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS.

DUE TO ONLY LIMITED SEA LEVEL DATA FROM THE REGION IT MAY NOT
BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS CENTER TO RAPIDLY NOR ACCURATELY EVALUATE
THE STRENGTH OF A TSUNAMI IF ONE HAS BEEN GENERATED. THIS
CENTER IS WAITING FOR DATA FROM THE NEAREST OFFSHORE AND
COASTAL GAUGES TO CONFIRM WHETHER A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED.
SUCH DATA SHOULD BE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AT MOST.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
-------------------------------- ------------ ------------
INDONESIA SIMEULUE 2.5N 96.0E 0848Z 20 FEB

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
- Hide quoted text -
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION...THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

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UPDATE | WARNING CANCELED

THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATE RECEIVED SAYING THE TSUNAMI WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN INDONESIA!!

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0947Z 20 FEB 2008

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... THE LOCAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED ...

THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS NOW CANCELLED FOR

INDONESIA

FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0809Z 20 FEB 2008
COORDINATES - 2.8 NORTH 96.0 EAST
LOCATION - OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAGNITUDE - 7.2

EVALUATION

BASED ON NO TSUNAMI BEING OBSERVED AT THE DEEP OCEAN GAUGE OFF
OF NORTHWEST SUMATRA... NOR ON THE COASTAL GAUGE AT SABANG...
THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION...THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY
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