7.4 EQ Jakarta Indonesia

[angelwing]

7.4
Date-Time Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 17:04:57 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 12:04:57 AM
= local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 5.924°S, 107.741°E
Depth 282.1 km (175.3 miles)
Region JAVA, INDONESIA
Distances 110 km (70 miles) ENE of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
115 km (70 miles) N of Bandung, Java, Indonesia
130 km (80 miles) NW of Cirebon, Java, Indonesia
150 km (90 miles) NE of Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10 km (6.2 miles); depth +/- 19.6 km (12.2 miles)
Parameters Nst= 40, Nph= 40, Dmin=553.8 km, Rmss=1.31 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2007fubd

[HURAKAN]

Magnitude 7.5 - JAVA, INDONESIA

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.5
# Date-Time Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 17:04:58 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
# Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 12:04:58 AM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 5.968°S, 107.655°E
Depth 289.2 km (179.7 miles)
Region JAVA, INDONESIA
Distances 100 km (65 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
110 km (70 miles) N of Bandung, Java, Indonesia
135 km (80 miles) NW of Cirebon, Java, Indonesia
140 km (85 miles) NE of Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8 km (5.0 miles); depth +/- 11.2 km (7.0 miles)
Parameters Nst=170, Nph=170, Dmin=545.1 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source

USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2007fubd

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 07fubd.php

[HURAKAN]

[artist]

There would be the threat of a tsunami, right? Has anyone heard anything else?

[HURAKAN]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1722Z 08 AUG 2007

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1705Z 08 AUG 2007
COORDINATES - 6.2 SOUTH 107.6 EAST
DEPTH - 384 KM
LOCATION - JAWA INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE - 7.5

EVALUATION

A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI WAS NOT GENERATED BASED ON EARTHQUAKE AND
HISTORICAL TSUNAMI DATA. THIS EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED TOO DEEP
INSIDE THE EARTH TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR THIS EVENT. IN THE CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION...THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=3& ... .08.172245

[artist]

well at least it didn't generate a tsunami. Hope it's not too bad over there.

[Ptarmigan]

Tsunami happens when it happens no more than 30 miles below the surface and it has to be a upheavel earthquake, in which the fault line pushes upwards. The 2004 earthquake had both of them.

[JonathanBelles]

seems like everything is happening today...New TD9E, 2 TC moving in on Asia, major earthquake near Jakarta, Tornado in NYC, possible tornado in Chicago, large out break of heat in the EUS, small severe weather outbreak (if you can call it that) in the midwest, and probably somethin else.

[Stephanie]

TORNADO IN NYC????

Anyway, that earthquake must've created alot of destruction there. Those poor people!

[angelwing]

I'm waiting for the earthquake in Alaska now, this day has been crazy with natural disasters

[HURAKAN]

Earthquake Summary

The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred IN JAVA, INDONESIA, about 100 km (65 miles) E of JAKARTA or about 110 km (70 miles) N of Bandung at 11:04 AM MDT, Aug 8, 2007 (Aug 09 at 12:04 AM local time in Java, Indonesia). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time. Because this earthquake is located about 290 km below the surface of the earth, it will have been felt strongly over a wide area, but is not likely to cause severe damage. We have received reports that the earthquake was felt in much of Java and in parts of Malaysia.

Felt Reports

WP 7.4 (GS).

Tectonic Summary

The earthquake of August 8, 2007, occurred at a depth of about 290 km within the lithosphere of the Australia plate, which is subducting beneath the Sunda plate. In this region, the Australia plate moves to the north with respect to the Sunda plate with a velocity of about 58 mm/yr. The Australia plate is thrust beneath the Sunda plate at the Java trench, south of the island of Java, and is subducted to progressively greater depths with distance north of the trench. The subducted lithosphere beneath and north of Java is seismically active to a depth of about 650 km.

Earthquakes that have focal-depths between 70 and 300 km are commonly termed “intermediate-depth” earthquakes, and earthquakes with focal-depths greater than 300 km are termed “deep-focus” earthquakes. Intermediate-depth and deep-focus earthquakes represent deformation within subducted plates, rather than deformation at plate boundaries. Intermediate-depth and deep-focus earthquakes typically cause less damage on the ground surface above their foci than is the case with similar magnitude shallow-focus earthquakes, but large intermediate-depth and deep-focus earthquakes may be felt at great distance from their epicenters.

[HURAKAN]

No aftershocks have been recorded.