[bikefreak]

Hey guys,
Just came across this info

Tremor rocks Sumatra, another tsunami feared
An earthquake of 8.2 magnitude has hit Sumatra at about 10 PM IST and a Tsunami could be expected !!
Here r the links

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...ow/1064398.cms

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4388579.stm

http://www.ndtv.com/environment/Eart...16568&callid=0

[Dippy]

Yeah its all over the news. The quake has hit the same area which was when the Dec tsunami happened . Red alerts have been sounded everywhere

Dippy

[iceman91]

hey its pretty shocking one more so soon...but i dont think the tsunami is gonna hit cos more than 8 hours have passed and only a 10cm high wave hit the coco islands off the coast of australia

[Harrie]

Yup saw the coverage. Heavy tolls in indonesia about 2000 i think. Mild tremors in Malaysia too. But no tsunami as of yet except the small one on coco islands.

Sri Lanka and India have both withdrawn the Tsunami alert warnings. But it is said there might be a tsunami due to the after shocks.

It is possible for a quake to trigger tsunami hours after also. Sometimes the quake puts so much of stress on the plates that they might slip hours after the quake causing tsunamis.

[lamborghini]

Was in Goa next to the beach when it happened.
Just came back.
There was a red alert sent from indonesia to all coasts uptil Goa and even the sea was very rough.
Pretty scary though.
It happened atabout 9.30 PM and measured 8.7 on the richter scale though.

[revtech]

no dude i dont think it was that high as far as i know it was 8.1 or 8.2 on the richter scale.a friend of mine was in goa too she said the sea was rough and they had shut down all water sports temperarily.

[Harrie]

The official reports given out say it was 8.2 in Indonesia. But the local agency there claims 8.7

Hey lambo dude must have been one scary moment huh? i Would have packed up and hit the road immediately

[lamborghini]

Lol dude,
Left the next day itself.
My mom was out in the sea in mumbai and was informed.
My dads friends birthday (she was gifted a black cls 350).
She called me and told me and i was near the beach so got a bit scared but still went out clubbing in the night.

[Harrie]

Some more info on the latest earthquake - got it from times of india i think. Not sure which paper it was

For an earthquake to cause a tsunami, there are three major factors

1. The intensity - should be a pretty big one
2. There should be a movement of plates
3. The quake should have a shallow focus that is the slip should occur within 10kms from the surface of the sea bed

the 28th march quake had the first two factors but it happened 36 kms under the surface of the sea bed. That is why it didnt cause any tsunami.

That was a very close call. Also the epicentre of this quake was 120-130 kms away from the last quake's epicentre. So this quake is not a after shock but a separate one.

[Gordon]

Wow another quake!! again I guess a thousand are killed it seems. This is going way too much. Soo many loss of lives in just three months.

P.S. Someone's coming sooooooon......

[Stratos]

Originally Posted by lamborghini

My dads friends birthday (she was gifted a black cls 350).
.

You said the CLS was gonna be RED....and here you write Black??? Did u r dads friends wife change her favorite colour or changed her mind??

[normally_crazy]

hehehe stratos....maybe was spray painted at the last moment !

[revtech]

i think in all the tension with all the earthwakes and all she forgot her fav colour and thought of just getting a black one

[manson]

or maybe this was another friend altogether guys ! .
hey lambo how about some pics ?

manson .

[revtech]

no jokes dude.would really like some pics, if possible