Big earthquake this evening

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:46 pm

I keen an eye on a website that tracks earthquakes, seems there was a big one tonight a fair way out in the ocean. Chance are we might see a small tsunami sometime tonight or tomorrow morning.

Click the link, if that doesn't work, details are below.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov./eqcenter/re ... tralia.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov./eqcenter/re ... usudai.php

2006 October 22 08:55:17 UTC

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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 6.1 (Strong)
# Date-Time Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 08:55:17 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
# Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 2:55:17 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 45.767Â°S, 95.988Â°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE
Distances 2295 km (1430 miles) SW of PERTH, Western Australia, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.8 km (8.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 48, Nph= 48, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.35 sec, Gp= 40Â°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usudai

Chicky · Post by **Chicky** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:01 pm

We don't have a dedicated reporting agency for tsunamis here, do we? If I recall correctly that's what half the publicity was about when the Boxing Day one hit Indonesia...

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:02 pm

http://www.bom.gov.au/nmoc/oceanography/ATAS.shtml

westernwedgey · Post by **westernwedgey** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:03 am

Funny that the misses said the earth moved about then... i just thought it was because we were having great sex...

Ludacris · Post by **Ludacris** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:40 am

westernwedgey wrote:Funny that the misses said the earth moved about then... i just thought it was because we were having great sex...

Turbo · Post by **Turbo** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:23 am

Chicky wrote:We don't have a dedicated reporting agency for tsunamis here, do we? If I recall correctly that's what half the publicity was about when the Boxing Day one hit Indonesia...

I think we have sensor things out in the ocean that report if a big wave is on its way in? Anyone?

Edit: Just clicked the link that Fastlane put up - I guess we dont have any warning system *puts on life-jacket*

Post by **gkoutlis** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:34 am

Best site to recommend for these sort of things;

http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/earthquake.pl? ... &zoom=2500

Earthquake Details:
Date: 22/10/2006
Time (UTC) hh:mm:ss: 08:55:17
Latitude: -45.767
Longitude: 95.988
Depth (km): 10
Magnitude: 6.1
Felt radius: 507 km (approx)
Damage radius: 40 km (approx)

http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/earthquake.pl? ... tation=MUN

Donga · Post by **Donga** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:59 am

Looking at the link Fastlane provided us the strength of the earthquake should not cause a tsuami . This is why: "Any event: 6.5 to 7.5 M may cause a Locally Destructive Tsunami". The strength of the earthquake was mesured as 6.1 M. Should be nothing to worry about. I am guessing that if the strenght of the earthquake was above 6.5M people living near the coast would be warned of a possible tsuami as an earthquake has happened at x amout of distance at sea. Let just hope it never happens tho.