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**Daddy'O'Hibee** · 12-09-07, 14:03

An earthquake measuring approx 7.5 on the richter scale hit of the coast of Summatra last night, they have issued a tsunami warning in the surrounding countries. I remember Aceh earthquake being measured at 9.0, does there have to be a certain magnitude of earthquake to create a tsunumi ? Probably issuing a warning now to get most folk inland, but some i'm sure will be afraid to give up their homes and possesions.

Powerful quake shakes Indonesia

**wee 162** · 13-09-07, 16:04

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Originally Posted by Daddy'O'Hibee

An earthquake measuring approx 7.5 on the richter scale hit of the coast of Summatra last night, they have issued a tsunami warning in the surrounding countries. I remember Aceh earthquake being measured at 9.0, does there have to be a certain magnitude of earthquake to create a tsunumi ? Probably issuing a warning now to get most folk inland, but some i'm sure will be afraid to give up their homes and possesions.

Powerful quake shakes Indonesia

The richter scale is a logarithmic scale so a force 7.5 is about 200 times weaker than a force 9.

Wikipedia details about the Richter Scale

A force 12 earthquake would split the earth in half. Holy feck

**Daddy'O'Hibee** · 13-09-07, 16:14

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Originally Posted by wee 162

The richter scale is a logarithmic scale so a force 7.5 is about 200 times weaker than a force 9.

Wikipedia details about the Richter Scale

A force 12 earthquake would split the earth in half. Holy feck

I'd rather have a giga than a tera. Indian ocean in 2004 was a 9.4. Feck that up the water of leith.

**TranentHibee** · 13-09-07, 16:40

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Originally Posted by wee 162

A force 12 earthquake would split the earth in half. Holy feck

**1875** · 13-09-07, 18:20

When I lived in West Java (about 100 miles south east of Sumatra), we experienced a 7.2 scale earthquake. It is the strangest of sensations. You feel as if the ground is moving all around you, then afterwards, when you work out what has happened, there is a strange heavy/ humid feel to the atmosphere, giving most people headaches.

Everytime I hear of an Indonesia earthquake I think of all my friends who still live there and the potential danger they are in.

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1875 Vino Tinto Admin Radge Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Livingston/ Dublin Age: 42 Posts: 16,899 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts Rep Power: 35	Re: Earthquake and Tsunami ? When I lived in West Java (about 100 miles south east of Sumatra), we experienced a 7.2 scale earthquake. It is the strangest of sensations. You feel as if the ground is moving all around you, then afterwards, when you work out what has happened, there is a strange heavy/ humid feel to the atmosphere, giving most people headaches. Everytime I hear of an Indonesia earthquake I think of all my friends who still live there and the potential danger they are in. __________________ trots van het noorden click here to help the Dnipro Kids - donation@dniprokids.com via paypal

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