6.4 quake hits Indonesia's Nias island


	6.4 quake hits Indonesia's Nias island

invictus

5-17-2006 12:38 PM

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earthquake, indonesia, nias island, sumatra

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5-17-2006 1:21 PM

rmowery

All these quakes and none for me

Guess I will have to go to the amusement park simulator.

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The undersea earthquake, measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale, rocked Nias island and parts of Sumatra's western coast regions at 10:28 p.m. on Tuesday, said Agung Sunaryadi, an official at Jakarta's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=97444"><DIV>
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