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PangQuan
03-28-2005, 11:17 AM
Just in, an 8.2 quake of the coast of Sumatra, just north of dec. 9.0 quake. A tsunami alert is now in effect.
ZIM
03-28-2005, 11:38 AM
Map of the area, updates (http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/03/28/quake050328.html)

Can't they get a break from all this? My God, I hope they'll just lose power or something. No more mass death, please.
PangQuan
03-28-2005, 12:09 PM
I feel the same way. At least now they have some sort of advanced warning. Thanks to the USA actually. They are evacuating all within a 600 k area.
red5angel
03-28-2005, 01:54 PM
sounds like they just lost power. Not all earthquakes cause tsunamis.
PangQuan
03-28-2005, 02:22 PM
Thats good, I posted this when the news hit. Good thing too, the last thing those poor people need is another tsunami destroying all of the hard work for repairs. Unfortunately dozens of people still died in the quake.
red5angel
03-28-2005, 04:11 PM
unfortunately it stil took lives but no where near as many as the tsunami.
GunnedDownAtrocity
03-28-2005, 10:15 PM
yeah thats true, but how bad would it suck to have survived the tsunami only to lose your life or worse yet someone you love now.
Kristoffer
03-29-2005, 12:58 AM
I thought it was 7 on the scale....
nevertheless, it's almost as high as the one that caused the tsunami. Wich was around 9 I think.
David Jamieson
03-29-2005, 08:08 AM
The quake was 8.7

They have found 330 bodies so far with a possibility of up to 2000 casualties from this one. :(

here's the more full story http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/03/29/niastoll-050329.html
PangQuan
03-29-2005, 10:56 AM
sorry, my facts were a bit scetchy, was going on memory from radio broadcast. oh and it was south of the dec quake not north, oops again.