samak Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 this came just 5 minutes ago from CNN Tsunami warning issued for Indian Ocean Sunday, July 24, 2005 Posted: 1640 GMT (0040 HKT) (CNN) -- A tsunami warning has been issued for the Indian Ocean, sparked by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 located in the Nicobar Islands, India, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Sunday. "There is a possibility of a destructive local tsunami in the Indian Ocean," the agency said in a written statement about the earthquake, which struck at 12:02 p.m. ET. In an hour or less, a tsunami could hit all coasts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India and, in Indonesia, the Indian Ocean coast and Malacca coast of Sumatra. The U.S. Geologic Survey measured the quake at a preliminary 7.0 magnitude and said it was centered about 690 miles southwest of Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickfarang Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Any mention of this in the news media in Thailand or in the coastal areas? ?In the bars and go-go's in Patong for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaad Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 All programs on Thai channels are frequently interrupted with tsunami warnings. All we can pray for is that it's a false alarm....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Yeh yeh Taskin, ya warning works son, stop scare mongering. Only Thailand is jumping around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 saw a report on the BBC tonight (9pm GMT) that said a Tsunami warning had been given in Phuket but had since been cancelled. same same with India and Indonesia........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 I've got a widget that tracks earth quake events and the Nicobar Island one is 7.2 and 10 km ( I assume that means deep) and 24 July at 15:42 (my time). It's now 25 July and 11:07 (my time) some 19 or so hours later, so any danger looks to be past. Surprisingly this widget reported about 14 events on the 23rd all above 4 on the scale and from all over the world, like Utah and Kermadec Islands in NZ. Relatively common phnenomena these. Cheers Coss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Tsunami warning is over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted July 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 anybody in Phuket last night? i heard that people were again running away from the beach, as i recall that was the third time after the Tsunami. if Thailand issue a Tsunami warning after each >7.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean, there will be many runs in the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Wonder how many warnings they issue before they stop warning and that will be the other one, Cry wolf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 limbo said:Wonder how many warnings they issue before they stop warning and that will be the other one, Cry wolf. Yes you are right better to warn instead not; and running is good for all Patpong beerbellys which hanging lazy in the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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