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| Strong earthquake shakes Sumatra | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 10 2005, 05:48 PM (246 Views) | |
| ARMS | Apr 10 2005, 05:48 PM Post #1 |
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An earthquake estimated at 6.7-magnitude has hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra, which was so badly hit in recent quakes. It seems that area is becoming more active :unsure: |
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| Gogf | Apr 10 2005, 05:49 PM Post #2 |
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Indescribable
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Remember the richter scale works so that an 8.0 is tens times as powerful as a 7.0, so this earthquake was about 1/500 as powerful as the one that caused the tsunami in December. |
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| Locke | Apr 10 2005, 05:54 PM Post #3 |
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I believe this was expected to an extent. I remember after the last one, they mentioned that there would be 'aftershocks' of this magnitude in the coming weeks. I would wager a guess that this is one of the ones they were discussing. It's shame that these people keep getting hit like this though.
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| dbzlotrfan | Apr 10 2005, 06:29 PM Post #4 |
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the richter was scraped a few years ago. found to have flaws in it I think. earthquakes are mesaured by something else now (not via the richter scale). let me see if I can find the book where I read that. |
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| Zero Resistance-ZNS | Apr 10 2005, 11:01 PM Post #5 |
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eÜil Zero lÖrd™
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I knew it. It was gonna be scraped. it was too simple. It was just like: Earthquake: Rate me from 1-10!! |
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| dbzlotrfan | Apr 10 2005, 11:07 PM Post #6 |
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yes. but that's one reason sciencetists are working on buildings that are more resistent to earthquakes even 9/10s (on the richter if it was still used). look on 'www.howstuffworks.com' serch for 'smart-buildings'. |
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| Zero Resistance-ZNS | Apr 10 2005, 11:37 PM Post #7 |
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eÜil Zero lÖrd™
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I read that people are starting as seismic test on builings and houses |
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