Wednesday, April 11, 2012

8.9 Sumatra Earthquake

Jodi Ettenberg's profile photoJodi Ettenberg originally shared this post:
8.9 Earthquake off of N. Sumatra, Indonesia triggers tsunami warning in the Indian Ocean.

NOAA has listed out the times a tsunami would hit, if created:
http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=indian.TSUIOX.2012.04.11.0845



(I'm in Thailand now and they're issuing a warning for Krabi, Phuket and Phang Nga to hit between 4:48pm and 5pm, waves up to 4m high)



An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.9 strikes under the sea off Indonesia's Aceh province, triggering a regional tsunami warning