Magnitude 6.6 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia

[Ruby the Liberal]

Source: USGS

Magnitude
6.6

Date-Time
Thursday, October 01, 2009 at 01:52:29 UTC
Thursday, October 01, 2009 at 08:52:29 AM at epicenter

Read more: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mfaf.php

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This follows a 7.6 yesterday and 4 days in a row of 6.0+ quakes. The earth is really shaking!

[redqueen]

1. !

Those poor people...

[Ruby the Liberal]

Its heartbreaking. MSNBC had a reporter in the area on last hour.

He said that they hadn't even gotten started in trying to rescue people from yesterday when this struck.

[gateley]

2. How scary! Just when they're probably starting to breathe normally, along comes

another.

Just reported a 5.1 in Sequoia Nat'l Park in CA -- no damage or injuries.

I'm in Seattle, wonder if it'll work its way up the coast...

[Lebam in LA]

15. After a large quake you don't breathe easier

for months. Aftershocks last for a long time.

[gateley]

16. I've been in a few big ones (biggest was 6.8), and about 10 total. In Seattle,

we never seem to have gotten the aftershocks that so many others do -- don't know why that is.

My brother was living in Whittier when they got pummeled and he expressed the same thing you did.

You'd better move up here! :hi:

[Captain Hilts]

3. Shit. nt

[NOW tense]

4. I don't want to be an alarmist, but I read this this morning

San Andreas Affected By 2004 Sumatran Quake; Largest Quakes Can Weaken Fault Zones Worldwide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090930132700.htm

I see it as a related story.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Yikes!

The plates are shifting all over.

[theHandpuppet]

7. I also read this article via the BBC

And coincidentally, California just experienced a 5.1 earthquake along the Cal-Nevada border.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Any geologists want to weigh in on this?

Is it all just coincidence or is there some kind of relation between all this plate shifting?

[SheilaT]

10. For what it's worth,

the plates are more or less in constant motion, and there are earthquakes every single day around the world. Not very many are strong enough or located in an area to cause damage, so we pay a lot attention of when one does. Or when there's a series as in these ones.

[Ghost Dog]

13. Solar wind impacted Earth's magnetosphere

following the recent sunspot activity. Which continues, it appears, following an unusually quiet period.

http://sohowww.estec.esa.nl/

[JerseygirlCT]

9. A Peru quake, too

if I'm remembering right.

Does look like the "ring of fire" is in an active stage. Scary!

[kestrel91316]

12. Interesting. Makes sense to me. But seismologists heve denied the very

possibility of this for decades.........are they finally waking up?

[aquart]

5. They haven't stopped shaking yet. Wow.

[JerseygirlCT]

11. Found this

no idea of its accuracy, but it was interesting...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.php

[Ghost Dog]

14. Stay tuned

just in case. :(
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-125.-115.php