Bellamy Posted July 25, 2005 at 08:22 AM Posted July 25, 2005 at 08:22 AM Strong quake hits Indian islands, but no tsunami Sun Jul 24, 6:20 PM ET PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, devastated by last year's tsunami, were shaken by a strong quake on Sunday but fears of new killer waves hitting the Indian Ocean archipelago proved unfounded. Neighboring Thailand declared a tsunami alert but canceled it less than 90 minutes later. Indian officials said there was no danger of a repeat of the cataclysmic tsunami that left 227,000 dead or missing around the ocean's shores last December. "There is no tsunami warning from the Indian side," Indian Science and Technology Ministry spokesman Sitanshu Kar told Reuters in New Delhi. "The essential precondition for a tsunami is that the earthquake should be of 7.5 magnitude and this is below it." The Dec. 26 tsunami was triggered by a 9.15 magnitude earthquake. "If the tsunami was coming, it would have come by now," India's Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said. The quake at 1542 GMT measured 7.0, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which initially urged authorities near its epicenter to be aware of the risk of local tsunamis. But it said on its Web site they could assume the danger had passed if no tsunamis were seen within an hour of the tremor, which hit at a depth of 10 km (six miles) below the earth's surface. All over the Andaman islands, Indian-ruled but closer to Thailand and Indonesia, people ran from their homes and gathered in open places. Police were put on high alert, but three hours after the earthquake said they had received no reports of casualties or damage. "We could not understand what was happening," said Deepika Mazumbder on Rangat island in the Andaman chain. "But as soon as we realized that it was a quake we ran for safer places." AFTERSHOCKS About 3,500 people died and 2,000 were missing and feared dead in last year's tsunami on the Andaman and Nicobar islands, which lie on an undersea faultline that continues to Indonesia to the south. The more than 550 islands in the archipelago have experienced hundreds of aftershocks since December. Thailand issued a tsunami alert on Sunday for six southern provinces hit by last year's tsunami and ordered thousands of people living along the Andaman Sea coastline to evacuate, but canceled it soon after. Last year's tsunami killed 5,395 people in Thailand. Indonesia's Aceh was by far the area worst hit by the massive waves on Dec. 26, with nearly 170,000 dead or missing. Residents said on Sunday they felt the latest quake, but there appeared to be little panic. In the last six months countless aftershocks have struck Aceh.Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050724/sc_nm/...TdmBHNlYwM3NTM- Quote Please support the forum by ordering everything through our special Amazon.com link Click here. Thank you!
Ronny83 Posted July 25, 2005 at 08:24 AM Posted July 25, 2005 at 08:24 AM OMG At least, they didn't have a tsunami again. Quote The Celine Dion Italian fanbase - CelineDionItalia.com
Cheerfuljane Posted July 25, 2005 at 01:26 PM Posted July 25, 2005 at 01:26 PM We had a number 5 earthquake here in Tokyo on Saturday!!I was stuck in the subway for 2 hours while they checked that there was no damage to the tracks Luckily I had Celine to keep me company I spoke to my brother on Sunday and we discovered that we were on the same train but on opposite ends Quote
Bellamy Posted July 25, 2005 at 02:31 PM Author Posted July 25, 2005 at 02:31 PM We had a number 5 earthquake here in Tokyo on Saturday!!I was stuck in the subway for 2 hours while they checked that there was no damage to the tracks Luckily I had Celine to keep me company I spoke to my brother on Sunday and we discovered that we were on the same train but on opposite ends <{POST_SNAPBACK}>this is a scary experience. I'm glad you'll leave Japan soon. so you won't meet earthquake again. Quote Please support the forum by ordering everything through our special Amazon.com link Click here. Thank you!
Cheerfuljane Posted July 25, 2005 at 02:55 PM Posted July 25, 2005 at 02:55 PM LOL...But I`m going to South Africa - which has the highest crime rate in the world... Which is worse?? Quote
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Bellamy Posted July 25, 2005 at 04:22 PM Author Posted July 25, 2005 at 04:22 PM LOL...But I`m going to South Africa - which has the highest crime rate in the world... Which is worse??<{POST_SNAPBACK}>hard to decide. but since Japan has high speed internet, I guess I'll choose Japan, though it's very expensive to live there. Quote Please support the forum by ordering everything through our special Amazon.com link Click here. Thank you!
Cheerfuljane Posted July 25, 2005 at 09:22 PM Posted July 25, 2005 at 09:22 PM Yeah - Tokyo is officially the most expensive city in the world - it was announced last week Yip - High Speed Internet - gotta love it!! I`m going from 47Mbps to 56kps Anyway I`ll be heading to Europe early next year Or maybe the States Wherever the wind takes me Quote
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Koolan Posted July 26, 2005 at 03:24 AM Posted July 26, 2005 at 03:24 AM I was stuck in the train for like 3 hours during the New York blackout a few years ago. Quote Please support the forum by ordering through our Amazon.com referral link below. Click here to go to the Amazon homepage.
Cheerfuljane Posted July 29, 2005 at 11:44 AM Posted July 29, 2005 at 11:44 AM I was stuck in the train for like 3 hours during the New York blackout a few years ago. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ouch So we`ve got something in common But at least I had light Quote
Koolan Posted July 30, 2005 at 07:08 AM Posted July 30, 2005 at 07:08 AM I was stuck in the train for like 3 hours during the New York blackout a few years ago. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ouch So we`ve got something in common But at least I had light <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had a bike too, sucks to be without one at that time Quote Please support the forum by ordering through our Amazon.com referral link below. Click here to go to the Amazon homepage.
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