Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Another Earthquake..

Good Lord, I've just read about another Earthquake that had just taken place in Sumatra again. I believe most people in SG would have felt the tremors and ground shake only moments ago. Pre-liminary information on this earthquake just below.

Magnitude 8.2 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2005 March 28 16:09:37 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A great earthquake occurred at 16:09:37 (UTC) on Monday, March 28, 2005. The magnitude 8.2 event has been located in NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude
8.2

Date-Time
Monday, March 29, 2005 at 00:09:37 (SG-Time)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Monday, March 28, 2005 at 11:09:37 PM
= local time at epicenter

Depth
30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program

Region
NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

Source
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver


The depth of 30km indicates that it's another underground earthquake similar to the one that had happened on 26th Dec 2005. The previous one in Dec was measured 9.0 on the richter scale, this one is slightly less at 8.2 and its very bad still. Good grief, please pray that it won't lead to another Tsunami disaster. The wound had barely started to heal..

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