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Old 20-02-2008, 18:53
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7.5 Quake off Sumatra

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.5
Date-Time Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 08:08:31 UTC
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 03:08:31 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 2.751°N, 95.966°E
Depth 34.3 km (21.3 miles)
Region SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
Distances 310 km (195 miles) SSE of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
310 km (195 miles) WSW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
335 km (210 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
1545 km (960 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8.1 km (5.0 miles); depth +/- 29.8 km (18.5 miles)
Parameters Nst= 65, Nph= 65, Dmin=590.3 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 61°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2008nran

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
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Old 20-02-2008, 18:59
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Yeah I read there was an immediate tsunami alert and then immediately after that it was cancelled ??

Anyone hear anything ??
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Old 20-02-2008, 19:24
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Yeah I read there was an immediate tsunami alert and then immediately after that it was cancelled ??

Anyone hear anything ??

Got the normal phone calls from the girls in the bar that want to run for the hills
My gf managed to talk them out of it and I just heard things are like normal in Patong.

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Old 20-02-2008, 19:25
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Phuket is in the shadow behind Sumatra by the look of it.

Still a fairly major quake though.
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