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Reply 12 of 69 (Originally posted on: 12-27-04 04:39:40 PM)
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wasnt there two? ive seen two different articles floating around, one saying 8.1 and one saying 8.9. the 8.9 one being by indonesia, the other being south of tasmania.
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The largest earthquake for 40 years, measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, has triggered a series of tsunami ocean waves which have hit coastal areas throughout Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Thousands of people have been reported killed, including at least 1500 in Sri Lanka and 1000 in India. The Maldives in the Indian Ocean have been hit and holidaymakers in Thailand are also feared to be among the thousands of victims there.
The population of Aceh in Sumatra are believed to been hardest hit but news from that region is taking a long time to emerge since the area is already affected by conflict. The earthquake took place at sea and is the fifth strongest since 1900.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4125481.stm
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The massive quake, located half way between Australia and Antarctica, registered throughout Tasmania, but no injuries or structural damage were reported. The event occurred at the Macquarie Rise in the Pacific Ocean at 1.59am (AEDT) December 24th.
Initially ranked at 7.8 on the Richter scale, it was later determined to be an 8.1 event. This makes it the most massive since an earthquake off Peru coast in early 2001. This most recent event lasted 15 seconds.
Seismologist Cvetan Sinadinovski, with Geoscience Australia, said:
"The last earthquake of similar magnitude in the Macquarie Rise region was in 1924.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11775215%255E421,00.html
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