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Matt Olieman
09-29-2008, 12:03 PM
I hope our New Zealand friends are OK.
They just got hit with a 7.3 earthquake off their coast.
Matt Olieman
ivar hestnes
09-29-2008, 12:24 PM
Hope they are OK. That is a really heavy earthquake. The world is actually a small place regarding our passion for simulated aircrafts. We know people from all corners of the world.
JBaymore
09-29-2008, 01:17 PM
My thoughts are with them too. Been in Japan during a couple milder ones. Not a pleasant experience.
best,
.................john
Michael Carter
09-29-2008, 01:59 PM
No Tsunami. 6.9 is what I'm reading.
Matt Olieman
09-29-2008, 06:52 PM
I want to thank Fox News for that misinformation.... seems it was at or around JAKARTA, Indonesia and had a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 and was centered about 66 miles east of Jakarta.
Matt Olieman
BlackWidow
09-29-2008, 11:03 PM
Thanks for the info Matt
My thoughts go out to anyone affected by the quake. Living in Cali i know to well the feeling of the earth moving.
GaryC
09-30-2008, 12:57 PM
This is a reliable source for information on earthquakes.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html
Matt Olieman
09-30-2008, 01:05 PM
So there was one.... how about that. Thanks Gary :)
7.0 2008/09/29 15:19:31 -29.872 -177.684 35.0 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
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Michael Carter
09-30-2008, 01:21 PM
I love that site.
I started looking at a bunch of links on building your own siesmometer. Cool stuff.
I've read up quite a bit on the Wabash Valley rift system and the New Madrid system. Really ancient stuff.
The country was nearly split into two in the late Precambrian time where these two ancient fault systems are.