New tsunami alert in Indonesia

[Ricardo C]

An 8.2 quake has hit the coast of Sumatra, prompting a new tsunami alert. It's been also felt in Thailand and other countries:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...sia_earthquake

Best wishes to Svero

[svero]

I'll live. My games aren't making quite enough to afford a place "Right right" on the beach just yet :-)

[princec]

I have a feeling such properties will be getting a lot cheaper in the near future...

Cas

[Chris Evans]

The tsunami alert has been canceled. After 4 hours, the biggest wave they found was 4 inches high.

It's amazing how this earthquake was so close in location to the December earthquake and fairly close in strength (8.7), yet this one caused no noticeable tsunamis.

[svero]

It is interesting.. but I believe the richter scale is LOG based so an 8 quake is 10x less powerful than a 9 etc.. so those numbers may be a little deceiving.

I think it also partly depends what the quake actually does. If it displaces a lot of earth, like an underwater landslide or a fissure opens up then water will be displaced and cause a big wave. But if the quake just shakes without displacing a lot of water then it wouldnt cause a big wave. That kind of thing...

[aiosup]

It is interesting.. but I believe the richter scale is LOG based so an 8 quake is 10x less powerful than a 9 etc.. so those numbers may be a little deceiving.

Well, because of this an 8.2 eq is also way bigger than an 8 eq