Wednesday, February 20, 2008

REGIONAL EARTHQUAKE ALERT

Source from:
http://app.nea.gov.sg/cms/htdocs/article.asp?pid=1198

Latest update of earthquake of magnitude 5.5 or above detected within the region bounded by 20° North - 10° South, 90° East - 130° East.
* Information will be updated upon availability of new data. Estimation of the earthquake magnitude may differ from other centres, due to varying factors in its determination

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An earthquake was detected at 04:08PM on Wednesday 20 February 2008

Earthquake Details *

Magnitude:
7.5

Coordinates of Epicentre:
2.75° North 95.97° East

Estimated Depth:
34.0 km

Location:
OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATERAApproximately 870km W of Singapore310km S of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia

Date/Time of detection:
20 February 2008 at 04:08PM (Singapore Time)

Assessment:
Local tsunami may be generated near earthquake source but unlikely to affect Singapore

Map Of EarthQuake Locations






1 comment:

mei said...

o..is it the indonesia's earth quake?my friends was in class-taylor's tall building..she fell shacky..scary mann...luckily no people injured...