M 7.5, Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/images/globes/-5_100.jpgMonday, October 25, 2010 14:42:22 UTC
Monday, October 25, 2010 09:42:22 PM at epicenter

Depth: 14.20 km (8.82 mi)





More... (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usa00043nx.php)

[Eric J (Viking)]

Mmmmmm as well as this ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101025/ap_on_sc/as_indonesia_volcano

viking

[Fredkc]

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia – Indonesia warned Monday that its most volatile volcano could erupt at any time and started evacuating some of the thousands of villagers living on the mountain's slope.

Mount Merapi has seen increased volcanic activity over the past week and officials have raised the alert level for the 9,737-foot (2,968-meter) -high mountain to the most urgent level, said government volcanologist Surono, who uses only one name.

The mountain last erupted in 2006, when it sent an avalanche of blistering gases and rock fragments racing down the mountain that killed two people. A similar eruption in 1994 killed 60 people, while 1,300 people died in an eruption in 1930.

"Officials have predicted that if it erupts, magma would flow to the southern side," said Sri Purnomo, the head of Sleman district on Java island, where Mount Merapi is located.

[Swami]

Any Tsunami's from that quake....??

[MorningSong]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/25/tsunami-warning-follows-major-indonesian-earthquake/?test=latestnews




Tsunami Warning Follows Major Indonesian Earthquake

Published October 25, 2010

DEVELOPING: Indonesia's earthquake agency has issued a tsunami warning following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake. The tremor struck off the coast of western Sumatra -- where a massive earthquake and tsunami hit in 2004.

According to a bulletin issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the warning is in effect for Indonesia only, not for the wider Indian Ocean region. A tsunami would affect only coasts less than 62 miles (100 kilometers) from the quake's epicenter, about 150 miles (240 km) from Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia, and would not be destructive based on historical data.

The quake struck at a depth of just 8.8 miles (14.2 km), making it an extremely shallow one by the USGS classification system.

In December 2004, a tsunami caused by an earthquake of more than 9 magnitude off Sumatra killed more than 226,000 people. It was the deadliest tsunami on record.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Richard]

As of 70 minutes ago:

EVALUATION

A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL TSUNAMI THAT
COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED
KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES FOR THE
REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.
AREAS FURTHER FROM THE EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA
LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
-------------------------------- ------------ ------------
INDONESIA SIBERUT 1.5S 98.7E 1510Z 25 OCT
BENGKULU 3.9S 102.0E 1527Z 25 OCT
PADANG 0.9S 100.1E 1528Z 25 OCT

ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT AS MORE INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

[Swami]

Tsunami hits Indonesia: report


There are reports this morning that a three-metre tsunami has hit an Indonesian resort.

Surf Aid International has told Channel Seven's Sunrise that the tsunami wave trashed Macaronis Surf Resort, on The Mentawai Islands off the coast of West Sumatra.

It reportedly caused two surf charter boats to collide, with one catching on fire.

Australian Rick Hallett has told Sunrise how he and others jumped for their lives as a tsunami wave hit his charter boat.

He said a three-metre wall of water rolled into the bay, picking up a boat and slamming it into his.

"We had an instant fireball engulf the back deck," he said.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/8196921/tsunami-hits-indonesia-report