Earthquake

[Tintin]

Is everything alright in BD ?

There was an earthquake here in the morning and we could feel the house shaking. There were tidal waves in the sea throughout the east coast and in sri lanka. But South East Asia seems to be very badly hit

[reverse_swing]

yep BBC also mentioned BD. Is everything ok in BD?

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Edited on, December 26, 2004, 5:49 AM GMT, by reverse_swing.

[rassel]

1 minute ago World - AP Asia


By LELY T. DJUHARI, Associated Press Writer

JAKARTA, Indonesia - An extremely powerful earthquake rocked northern Indonesia Sunday, sparking massive tidal waves across the region — the apparent cause of 160 deaths in Sri Lanka. More than a dozen people were reported killed elsewhere, officials and witnesses said.



The U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) said a magnitude-8.5 quake — one capable of massive damage — struck off the coast of the island of Sumatra at 8 a.m. Sunday.


Massive waves crashed into coastal villages over a wide area of Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing 160 people and displacing thousands of others, officials said.


The deaths occurred in the northeastern districts of Muttur and Trincomalee, which were inundated by waves as high as 20 feet, said D. Rodrigo, a Muttur district official.


No official immediately said what the cause of the waves were, but they occurred shortly after the earthquake in Indonesia.


Witnesses told Jakarta's el-Shinta radio station that nine people were killed in the northernmost province of Aceh, and several shops and small buildings had collapsed. But telephone and most communication links to the region were out and there was no immediate way to confirm the casualty and damage reports.


"The ground was shaking for a long time," resident Yayan Zamzani told the station. "It must be the strongest earthquake in the last 15 years."


Four people died in Thailand in the southern tourist resort of Phuket, said Sorat Susaeng of the Narenthorn Center of the Public Health Ministry. The center also reported that people were swept away in Phuket by a tsunami with waves surging as high as 16 feet.

[rassel]

i just heard on the news another one happen in Chittagong. It could be related to the Indonesian one.

[crickwizard]

Just called home, our home near Khulna has small shacky shacky.. but the pond in the area went overflown suddenly

[mzia]

Tremor not felt at Bangladesh today, may be some unusual tidal was in coastal area but not that much.

In Kolkata tremor was felt along with Andaman, Nicobar and mild quake hit Chennai. Seawater also entered in Chennai city due to tidal. Reports NDTV.

[Ameer]

It struck India and Bangladesh, but the real damage was done to Indonesia... and the tidal wave in Sri Lanka.

[reverse_swing]

so far more than 2000 dead. 8.9-magnitude quake, the fifth strongest since 1900.

[Spitfire_x86]

I've heard that it was 7.6 at Chittagong, no report of death or injury

[reverse_swing]

The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 3,000 people in five countries.

-ABC

[PoorFan]

Originally posted by Spitfire_x86
I've heard that it was 7.6 at Chittagong, no report of death or injury

Are you kidding? Magnitude 7.6 in Chittagong and no report of death of injury??
Thousands of people would be dead by now, if it's really Magnitude 7.6
Remember the earthquake in Japan caused more than 6000 lives in 1995 or 1996?
It was Magnitude 7.6,
I cant imagine how huge damage will be done if it really happens in Chittagong.

[Spitfire_x86]

That's what I've heard in BTV news.....

It's very hard to beleive

[chyicarus]

I guess the earthquake warned the Indian team about something unusual happening today! And by God- it did!!!

[reverse_swing]

DHAKA, Dec. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- A strong earthquake measuring 7.36 degrees at the Richter scale, shocked different parts of Bangladesh Sunday morning, according to an official press release.

The earthquake lasted for one minute and 42 seconds, jolting buildings in some cities in southeastern Bangladesh. Panic residents run out of their homes to streets.

The epicenter was 1,019 kilometers away from the observatory center in Chittagong, a port city in southeastern Bangladesh.

Details are not available immediately.

Source

Edited on, December 26, 2004, 3:54 PM GMT, by reverse_swing.

[rafiq]

I hope no one was killed in Bangladesh. Our hearts go out to all the people killed elsewhere. My mom told me on the phone about tremors near Lalmatia in Dhaka?

Edited on, December 26, 2004, 5:47 PM GMT, by rafiq.

[Maruf]

The earth quake hit Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India. It wrecked havoc in Sri-Lanka, India, and Indonesia. Thailand and Malaysia were also badly hit. By the grace of almighty Bangladesh escaped this diabolical earth quake just for being too far away from the epi-centre. Only minor tremors could be felt in parts of the country.

Edited on, December 27, 2004, 4:09 AM GMT, by Maruf.

[Tintin]

WHEN THE SEA SURGED ON TO THE LAND: Residents of a Chennai suburb scramble for safety as the waves come menacingly at them on Sunday morning. - Photo: Bijoy Ghosh/Hindu

This pic looks awesome in print. Doesn't look that good on the net.

http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/27/stor...2707470100.htm

[bourny3]

This is a shocking disaster. I just heard that the toll could be as many as 14,000 deaths.

[Beetle]

This is a nightmare.....over25,ooodead....

[deshibhai]

The Bangladesh government should send some aid ASAP to the heavily affected countries. It might just be a drop in the bucket, but it would nevertheless be a nice token of support.

[Beetle]

30,000 missing from andaman nicobar islands....
3,ooo dead there.

[Maruf]

Originally posted by deshibhai
The Bangladesh government should send some aid ASAP to the heavily affected countries. It might just be a drop in the bucket, but it would nevertheless be a nice token of support.

Good idea. BAF can help with its C-130 hercules and MI-17 helos. We should stand by our neighbours with whatever we have.

[shujan]

Massive power of nature is just mind boggling. There is web site link below for general info about tsunami.
tsunami

[fab]

Death toll is at 60,000 now

I know nothing about geophysics etc, but how is it that Somalia and Kenya was affected but not BD which was much closer to the epicentre? We were very very lucky..

[Ameer]

Originally posted by fab
Death toll is at 60,000 now

I know nothing about geophysics etc, but how is it that Somalia and Kenya was affected but not BD which was much closer to the epicentre? We were very very lucky..

Yeah, this is very weird... I was also thinking that... only two deaths from Bangladesh even though it was closer to the quake then even India and Sri Lanka. There is reportedly hundreds of deaths in Somalia which is weird because it is so far off and there is countries way closer to the quake that were'nt effected.

This is a tragedy... the death toll is likely to double from disease and starvation to more then 100,000. Milions are displaced. This is the worst tragedy in a long, long time... yet there hasn't been much of coverage here in the US... they make such a big deal over 3,000 people dead in 9-11... they go on and attack a country for it... you'd expect them to donate billions of help this tragedy... I guess it doesn't concern them.