Earthquake Reports

[DannyRock]

At least 26 people killed and injured in China earthquake
  
(11/14/2003 -- 17:39GMT+7)
 

Beijing, Nov. 14 (VNA) - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit the area between Minxian, Litan and Jone counties in northwest China's Gansu province on Thursday, killing and injuring at least 26 people.

 The epicenter of the quake, about 150 km south of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, is located at 34.7 degrees north latitude, 103.9 degrees east longitude. 

 According to initial estimates, about 97 percent of houses in the quake-hit area were damaged. 

 The provincial authorities has mobilised rescue teams to help local residents return to their normal lives. Howerver, it was difficult for rescuers because of the temperature. Thermometers registered - 7 degrees Celcius throughout Gansu province.

 Last month, two earthquakes jolted the province, claiming at least 10 lives and destroying more than 14,000 houses. The quakes also caused blackouts and shortage of water for days.--Enditem

www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=34&NEWS_ID=31481

[Mech]

BIG quake reported in Alaska!!!!



edis.oes.ca.gov/bulletins/1069052906.txt


e0801b0-wb06000
u n Urgent-NWS_WCA-A_TSUNAMI 11/16 592
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS

WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED 11/17/2003 AT 0707 UTC

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
FROM SAND POINT-AK. TO ATTU-AK. INCLUSIVE...

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM
KODIAK-AK. TO SAND POINT-AK...

...AT THIS TIME THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY FOR
OTHER AREAS OF CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH
COLUMBIA - AND ALASKA...

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EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.5
LOCATION - 50.8N 178.4E - 55 MILES SW OF AMCHITKA-AK.
225 MILES SW OF ADAK-AK.
TIME - 2143 AST 11/16/2003
2243 PST 11/16/2003
0643 UTC 11/17/2003

EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN - REPEAT NOT KNOWN - IF A TSUNAMI EXISTS BUT A
TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED.


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THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW
LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR
LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF IN A WARNED AREA. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE
PREDICTED. TSUNAMIS MAY BE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE
DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

$$
PKZ130-122-121-123-520-AKZ191-185-181-170807-
COASTAL AREAS FROM SAND POINT-AK. TO ATTU-AK. INCLUSIVE.

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
FROM SAND POINT-AK. TO ATTU-AK. INCLUSIVE...

ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL
SHEMYA-AK 2228 AST NOV 16 SAND PT.-AK 0036 AST NOV 17
ADAK-AK 2244 AST NOV 16 COLD BAY-AK 0102 AST NOV 17
DUTCH HARBOR-AK 2354 AST NOV 16
$$
PKZ520-510-320-330-321-AKZ181-171-170807-
COASTAL AREAS FROM KODIAK-AK. TO SAND POINT-AK.

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM
KODIAK-AK. TO SAND POINT-AK...

[DannyRock]

That was just the first quake that struck near Alaska. There were also a few more after it which could be a problem since Rat Island is on the northern edge of the Pacific Plate whick is also the northern part of the Ring of Fire.

17th November 2003

01:35 SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA 5.3

06:43 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 7.8
07:00 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.2
07:03 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.9
07:12 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.3
07:35 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.8
07:38 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.0
07:56 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.2
08:40 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.4
08:51 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.0
09:37 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.1
10:28 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.6
10:50 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.9
11:12 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.0
11:44 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.8
11:53 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.6
16:52 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS 4.8
18:28 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.8

18th November 2003

02:12 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.5
05:13 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.7
07:50 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.8
11:34 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.8
11:55 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 5.4
17:14 SAMAR, PHILIPPINES 6.6
20:01 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.5
20:27 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 4.4

[DannyRock]

Strong quake kills baby,
hurts 5 others in Samar

Posted: 11:34 PM (Manila Time) | Nov. 19, 2003
By Eden B. Cidro and Joey A. Gabieta
Inquirer News Service

BORONGAN, Eastern Samar -- A five-month-old baby was killed and five persons were injured when a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale struck the Eastern Visayas region early Wednesday.

The offshore temblor's epicenter was located about 70 kilometers northeast of Borongan, the provincial capital of Eastern Samar province, or about 550 kilometers east-southeast of Manila, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.


The earthquake, which struck at 1:14 a.m., was felt as far away as Surigao City, some 300 km from the epicenter.

The town of Can-avid, about 53 km north of Borongan, sustained the most damage from the tremor.

Can-avid Mayor Gil Norman Germino, describing the quake as the "strongest [to have hit the town] in eight years," estimated the damage to property and infrastructure at 10 million pesos.

He identified the lone fatality as Marvin Laguin, a five-month-old baby. His mother Juliana, 36, suffered head injuries and was brought to the Eastern Samar Provincial Hospital in Borongan.

Bobby Cañete, Phivolcs acting chief in Palo twon, Leyte province, said the tremor registered at intensity 5 in Catbalogan town and Calbayog City, both in Samar province; and intensity 4 in Catarman town, Northern Samar province, and in Palo and Tacloban City in Leyte.

Cañete said his office recorded five aftershocks between 1:15 a.m. and 8 a.m.

Juliana was the caretaker of a house in Can-avid's Barangay 9 where she and her baby were sleeping when the tremor struck. A portion of the wall collapsed on the mother and child.

The four others who were injured were hit by collapsing walls and furniture. They were identified as Ronald Portesa, 26, Cinderella Grata, 10, Sylie Heboyan, 16, and Merlyn Bantayan, 32.

Germino said about 200 houses were damaged while the highway leading to and from the town sustained some cracks. He said the approach of the Can-avid bridge sank by five inches.

Local disaster officer Luisito Moscosa said the town's public market also collapsed, electric posts fell and roads cracked.

All classes were suspended in Can-avid as the Department of Public Works and Highways also declared two buildings of the Can-avid Central Elementary School as unusable. The school's concrete gate was also destroyed.

The Can-avid State College as well as its administration building, library, college department building, science building and conference hall were also damaged.

Three electric posts of the Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (Esamelco) were knocked down, cutting off the power supply in the entire province. Power resumed at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Adriano Fuego, the director of the Office of the Civil Defense for Eastern Visayas, said the earthquake caused a landslide in barangay Binaluan in Taft town, Eastern Samar.

The landslide caused some transportation delays.

A report was also received that a portion of the wall and roof of the Marcelino Libanan gym in Oras town, Eastern Samar had collapsed.

www.inq7.net/reg/2003/nov/20/reg_1-1.htm

[JerseyBluEyz]

DannyRock:

Why was there no mention (at least not that I'm aware of) on the earthquake in Mexico this past week? Have you read anything about it? Were you aware of it?