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Sunday December 26, 2004 | 8.9 Earthquake Hits Asia | Life |
The most powerful earthquake in 40 years struck off Indonesia at 8am Sunday, local time. The quake triggered multiple tsunamis that are flooding large parts of the area. Hundreds, maybe thousands, are dead. I'm in shock watching some of this video.
[Update: Sadly, the death toll has risen dramatically. I added one more news link]
Here are some news links:
- Tidal Waves Kill More Than 700 in Asia
- Asian Quake 5th Largest Since 1900--USGS
- Asia Quake's Tsunamis Kill Nearly 10,000
Those of us from California are well aware of the
Richter scale and know that 8.9 is huge. Huge! For those who don't know, the scale
is logarithmic, so 7.0 is ten times more powerful than 6.0, 8.0 is ten times more powerful than that.
So, 8.9 is almost 1000 times as powerful as a 6.0 earthquake.
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December 26, 2004 12:58 AM PST
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I think you are missing a 0. Wouldn't an 8.9 be almost 1000 as times as powerful as a 6.0 earthquake?
Posted by William Hathaway on December 27, 2004 at 11:51 AM PST #
Oops, yes! 9.0 is 1000 times 6.0. I fixed it.
Sadly, the region also needs about 1000 times more help than what it's getting. I urge anyone reading this to donate to the Red Cross, or any other organization that can help these people. Thanks!
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Posted by 63.84.4.1 on January 11, 2005 at 08:38 AM PST #
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