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Earthquake Rocks Indonesia

“RING OF FIRE” AT IT AGAIN … A magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked Indonesia on Wednesday.  The quake – originally believed to be an 8.3 magnitude event – was centered approximately fifteen miles below the ocean floor approximately 500 miles southwest of the city of Padang. That’s according to the U.S. Geological…

“RING OF FIRE” AT IT AGAIN …

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked Indonesia on Wednesday.  The quake – originally believed to be an 8.3 magnitude event – was centered approximately fifteen miles below the ocean floor approximately 500 miles southwest of the city of Padang.

That’s according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which tracks earthquake activity around the globe.

Tsunami alerts were issued in the aftermath of the quake, although it’s not immediately clear whether any of the deadly waves were created by the incident.

A massive 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in this area in 2004 – spawning tsunamis that killed more than 130,000 Indonesians. Tens of thousands of people were also killed in Sri Lanka and India in the aftermath of that quake – the third-strongest on record and the longest in terms of duration (lasting up to ten minutes).

Earthquakes are measured by the Richter scale – which assigns an energy value to the strength of each seismic event.  Each number on the scale represents a quake ten times more powerful than the previous number.

UPDATE: Tsunami warnings related to the current quake have been called off. 

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13 comments

Rocky Verdad March 2, 2016 at 11:03 am

Trump did it.

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Bible Thumper March 2, 2016 at 11:16 am

Trump will build a wall that will stop that tsunami. A beautiful wall…

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Manray9 March 2, 2016 at 11:19 am

And the Indonesians will pay for it.

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Rocky Verdad March 2, 2016 at 11:28 am

Now they make some good guitars down there. Cort – Brain May’s favorite.

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idcydm March 2, 2016 at 12:29 pm

If you’re right and Trump did it, Hillary doesn’t stand a chance.

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RogueElephant March 2, 2016 at 5:00 pm

Is this the new 2017 version of “It’s Bush’s fault”? You libs might as well get greased up and bent over. The Trump train is coming. Whhooo Whhooo. LOL

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CorruptionInColumbia March 2, 2016 at 11:29 am

Allah ackbar, motherfuckers!!!!!
— Mother Earth

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Ron March 2, 2016 at 11:43 am

Das Islamerpherbic, right dair.

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The Colonel (R) March 2, 2016 at 11:44 am

Cooter Jr?

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CorruptionInColumbia March 2, 2016 at 12:24 pm

I know!
:-)

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9" March 2, 2016 at 12:13 pm

Mother Earth-style of deportation;)

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CorruptionInColumbia March 2, 2016 at 12:25 pm

Yep!

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erneba March 2, 2016 at 11:56 am

8.3, that is a doozie. Hopefully all the locals had time to get their asses off the beach.

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