Monster Earthquake Hits the Planet....7.9...that's MASSIVE

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	Monster Earthquake Hits the Planet....7.9...that's MASSIVE

leevardi

9-29-2009 4:33 PM

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9-29-2009 4:48 PM

clip-on-tie

There must have been a huge tidal wave to go along with that...I haven't heard though...

9-29-2009 6:12 PM

lollipop10

sure hope not!

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				<FONT face="Arial" color="#003399">Monster Quake</FONT></I></B></P></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://urbansurvival.com/week.htm"><P>
				Biggie:  7.9 today down in the area of American Samoa.  </P></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://urbansurvival.com/week.htm"><TBODY><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#magnitude">
						<FONT size="2">Magnitude</FONT></A></TH><TD><STRONG><FONT size="2">7.9</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#date">
						<FONT size="2">Date-Time</FONT></A></TH><TD><UL>
							<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><FONT size="2">Tuesday, September 29, 
							2009 at 17:48:14 UTC</FONT></STRONG></LI>
							<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="2">Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 
							06:48:14 AM at epicenter </FONT></LI>
							<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
							<A href="http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2009/eq_090929_mdbi/neic_mdbi_tz.html" target="_blank">
							<FONT size="2">Time of Earthquake in other Time 
							Zones</FONT></A></LI>
						</UL>
						</TD></TR><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#location">
						<FONT size="2">Location</FONT></A></TH><TD><FONT size="2">15.554°S, 172.141°W</FONT></TD></TR><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#depth">
						<FONT size="2">Depth</FONT></A></TH><TD><FONT size="2">35 km (21.7 miles) set by location 
						program</FONT></TD></TR><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#region">
						<FONT size="2">Region</FONT></A></TH><TD><FONT size="2">SAMOA ISLANDS REGION</FONT></TD></TR><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#distances">
						<FONT size="2">Distances</FONT></A></TH><TD><FONT size="2">180 km (110 miles) ENE of <B>Hihifo, 
						Tonga</B>
200 km (125 miles) SSW of <B>APIA, Samoa</B>
700 km (435 miles) NNE of <B>NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga</B>
2685 km (1670 miles) NNE of <B>Auckland, New Zealand</B>
</FONT></TD></TR><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#uncertainty">
						<FONT size="2">Location Uncertainty</FONT></A></TH><TD><FONT size="2">horizontal +/- 11.9 km (7.4 miles); 
						depth fixed by location program</FONT></TD></TR><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#parameters">
						<FONT size="2">Parameters</FONT></A></TH><TD><FONT size="2">NST= 59, Nph= 59, Dmin=&gt;999 km, Rmss=1.29 
						sec, Gp= 54°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7</FONT></TD></TR><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#source">
						<FONT size="2">Source</FONT></A></TH><TD><UL>
							<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><FONT size="2">USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
</FONT></LI>
						</UL>
						</TD></TR><TR><TH><A href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#eventid">
						<FONT size="2">Event ID</FONT></A></TH><TD><FONT size="2">us2009mdbi</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></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://urbansurvival.com/week.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/urbansurvival.com/img/31E30E80-5874-4D16-9660-56625D31D346" alt="Seismic Hazard Map" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C42CDD86-355E-4E35-A6D2-D7BF8BB64197/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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