Another big quake in Indonesia :-\

[MuFu]

Not many details available at the moment. Magnitude 8.2 according to USGS, 8.5 according to Japanese MET:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2005/usweax/

It's in a similar area to the Boxing Day quake and coastal areas are being told to evacuate. :?

 

[digitalwanderer]

I think I'm gonna do something out of character and pray for those poor souls who are getting hit by it. :?

 

[Fred]

Hopefully the evacuation protocols have improved recently. Fortunately its not as large as the magnitude 9 that hit them in december, but its not a great sign for sure (well know more in a few hours). The epicenter is in the same fault line as the previous one.

 

[mito]

Have the remote areas struck by the december tusnami received aid? I remember that many remote areas that were struck by the tusnami couldn't be reached for many weeks.

 

[Sxotty]

There was no tsunami this time, Digi your prayers were answered

 

[mito]

Enough tsunamis for this decade.

 

[digitalwanderer]

There was no tsunami this time, Digi your prayers were answered

That's why I don't do it often, it makes it more effective. 8)

I'm just happy it missed, that last one I still can't wrap my head around the amount of human suffering and damage it caused. :?

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

Oh hell, they had better not migrate or seek refuge in Australia.

 

[mito]

they'll do it regardless of tsunamis...

 

[Deepak]

Death Toll in Hundreds After Indonesia Quake

"MEDAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Hundreds are known to have died in a massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake that hit a small island off western Indonesia overnight, but panic across Asia that it would trigger another devastating tsunami soon receded.

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said between 1,000 and 2,000 people could have been killed in the quake, one of the eight biggest in the world since 1900.