Magnitude 6.1 - SUMBAWA REGION, INDONESIA

TalkingDog

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Fri May-07-10 11:23 PM
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Magnitude 6.1 - SUMBAWA REGION, INDONESIA

Source: US Geo Survey Site

Saturday, May 08, 2010 at 03:22:11 UTC
Saturday, May 08, 2010 at 11:22:11 AM at epicenter

65 km (40 miles) NW of Bima, Sumbawa, Indonesia
240 km (150 miles) ENE of Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia
280 km (175 miles) NW of Waingapu, Sumba, Indonesia
1275 km (790 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Read more: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010waaj.html

6+ are getting pretty common these days.

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tomm2thumbs

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Fri May-07-10 11:38 PM
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1. all that oil being pumped out of the earth - it's losing its lubricant like a shock absorber

watch what happens when you drain out all that oil from your car and let it run

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sce56

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Fri May-07-10 11:43 PM
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2. How about the redistribution of all that melting ice?

A hypothesis I have heard of lately melting glaciers from the polar areas moving its mass towards the equator. I think I saw that here a month ago.

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tomm2thumbs

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Fri May-07-10 11:54 PM
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3. interesting stuff

what we don't know could fill gadzillions of books

or thereabouts

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