It's now knwon that settlements were in the path of the waves, but the tsunami 4 years ago was devastating and the Earthquake that hit Indonesia way back then struck again. A little over 4 years later and failing to create another Tsunami Event today in the same location. Scientists say a tsunami struck Indonesia in 2004 was a 7.8 Eartquake that triggered the Giant Tidal Wave, but I believe it was possibly as a result of a meteorite crashing into the Pacific Ocean.
Did a big wave hit the Big Apple way back when? Scientists say a tsunami struck the New York City area 2,300 years ago, possibly as a result of a meteorite crashing into the Atlantic Ocean.
“It would have been a bad day to end all bad days,” research scientist Dallas Abbott of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory tells today's New York Times.
While no one has found a large crater that would indicate that a meteorite struck, Abbott discovered miniscule diamonds and tiny carbon spheres in Hudson River sediment that may be signs that a rock 330 feet (100 meters) across hit the New York City area. Abbott and colleagues at Harvard University reported their finding earlier this month at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
Scientists working on Long Island and the New Jersey shore previously found thick deposits of sediment that may indicate a tsunami hit the area. Still, there's no archeological evidence of a tsunami there, and the new suggestion of a meteorite impact in the Atlantic isn’t enough to convince all other scientists that a big wave occurred.
"To get a wave 2.5 meters high that far up the Hudson, you need a wave 20 meters high at Manhattan," Steven Ward, a research geophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told Discovery News. "It would've gone several hundred meters inland on Long Island; you should see evidence of this thing all over the place."
This isn’t the first time scientists have challenged the conventional wisdom that natural hazards don't happen in the Big Apple. A Columbia University study in August suggested there's more seismic activity around New York than originally believed, though the chance of an earthquake striking the city is still unlikely.
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A series of powerful earthquakes shook remote eastern Indonesia on Sunday, toppling or badly damaging more than 100 buildings and leaving at least four people dead and dozens injured.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A series of powerful earthquakes shook remote eastern Indonesia on Sunday, toppling or badly damaging more than 100 buildings and leaving at least four people dead and dozens injured.
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Tsunami alert issued after strong Indonesian quake
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FOXNews - | MAP | 4.8 | 2009/01/04 13:10:48 | -0.240 | 132.690 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2009/01/04 13:06:32 | -0.570 | 132.741 | 39.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2009/01/04 12:34:43 | 33.989 | -116.955 | 4.2 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2009/01/04 11:49:49 | -0.659 | 133.827 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2009/01/04 11:08:52 | -0.922 | 132.853 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.3 | 2009/01/04 08:54:35 | -0.413 | 133.080 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2009/01/04 08:12:13 | -0.820 | 133.398 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2009/01/04 07:33:00 | -0.819 | 133.615 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 6.0 | 2009/01/04 07:14:01 | -0.387 | 132.748 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2009/01/04 07:09:02 | 1.093 | 121.838 | 44.5 | MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2009/01/04 06:53:41 | -0.248 | 132.845 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2009/01/04 06:05:16 | -0.654 | 134.083 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2009/01/04 05:44:05 | -0.704 | 133.190 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2009/01/04 03:28:31 | -0.685 | 133.485 | 40.4 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2009/01/04 02:47:13 | -0.224 | 132.711 | 20.5 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2009/01/04 02:29:02 | -0.703 | 133.554 | 35.6 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2009/01/04 02:19:26 | 5.086 | 127.529 | 20.3 | PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2009/01/04 01:55:24 | -0.737 | 133.546 | 20.2 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2009/01/04 00:55:36 | -0.197 | 132.839 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2009/01/04 00:05:12 | -0.100 | 133.128 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2009/01/04 00:00:38 | -0.730 | 133.312 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s | LAT deg | LON deg | DEPTH km | Region | |
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| MAP | 2.5 | 2009/01/03 23:18:11 | 61.862 | -151.001 | 53.2 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2009/01/03 23:01:01 | -0.411 | 133.694 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 7.3 | 2009/01/03 22:33:42 | -0.695 | 133.279 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 2.9 | 2009/01/03 22:30:49 | 60.342 | -151.842 | 5.2 | KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2009/01/03 22:23:48 | -0.510 | 132.214 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2009/01/03 22:07:48 | -0.319 | 132.869 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2009/01/03 22:04:35 | 24.140 | 121.707 | 10.0 | TAIWAN |
| MAP | 5.6 | 2009/01/03 21:49:32 | -0.363 | 132.834 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2009/01/03 21:30:48 | -0.563 | 133.124 | 64.6 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2009/01/03 21:21:27 | 54.609 | -163.498 | 0.0 | UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2009/01/03 21:15:00 | -28.420 | -62.907 | 607.6 | SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2009/01/03 21:11:29 | 54.570 | -163.467 | 9.5 | UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA |
| MAP | 3.9 | 2009/01/03 21:06:49 | 53.762 | -164.844 | 52.3 | UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2009/01/03 20:47:35 | -0.282 | 132.880 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 2.7 | 2009/01/03 20:43:30 | 61.430 | -151.979 | 94.6 | SOUTHERN ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.9 | 2009/01/03 20:23:22 | 36.402 | 70.754 | 220.8 | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2009/01/03 20:20:37 | -8.148 | 119.706 | 171.3 | FLORES REGION, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 7.6 | 2009/01/03 19:43:55 | -0.510 | 132.783 | 35.0 | NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA |
Tsunami alert issued after strong Indonesian quake
The Associated Press -
The country's meteorology and seismology agency warned that with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 it was strong enough to cause a tsunami. ...
Tsunami alert issued after strong Indonesian quake
Tsunami alert issued in Indonesia after quake: reports MarketWatch - By John Letzing SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A strong earthquake in eastern Indonesia triggered a tsunami warning Saturday, according to media reports. ... |
Tsunami alert issued after strong Indonesian quake The Associated Press - (This version CORRECTS RECASTS lede, UPDATES with tsunami alert lifted, ADDS details, color. corrects Asian tsunami was 2004, sted 2005.) |
Tsunami warning as quake hits off West Papua Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - ... north-west of Manokwari in Indonesia's West Papua province early this morning, the geophysics agency said in a text message alert, warning of a tsunami. ... |
Tsunami alert issued after strong Indonesian quake
Canoe.ca, Canada -5 minutes ago
The country’s meteorology and seismology agency warned that with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2, the tremor was strong enough to cause a tsunami. ...
Canoe.ca, Canada -
The country’s meteorology and seismology agency warned that with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2, the tremor was strong enough to cause a tsunami. ...
Strong quake hits off Indonesia's West Papua province: seismologists
AFP -7 minutes ago
... northwest of Manokwari in Indonesia's West Papua province early Sunday, the geophysics agency said in a text message alert, warning also of a tsunami. ...
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... northwest of Manokwari in Indonesia's West Papua province early Sunday, the geophysics agency said in a text message alert, warning also of a tsunami. ...
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| MAP | 6.2 | 2009/01/03 20:23:20 | 36.530 | 70.780 | 188.0 | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN |
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 6.2 (Preliminary magnitude — subject to revision) |
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| Location | 36.530°N, 70.780°E |
| Depth | 188 km (116.8 miles) set by location program |
| Region | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN |
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| Location Uncertainty | Error estimate not available |
| Parameters | NST=015, Nph=015, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=1.01 sec, Gp= 68°, M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi), Version=A |
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| Event ID | pt09003002 |
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New theory suggests a colossal reaction spewed out the Moon's material
Not long ago, when humans visited the Moon, there were still many theories related to the way it formed, but soon they were ruled out, one by one. For instance, one stated that it formed, like the Earth, from the accretion of space dust into increasingly larger lumps, another stated that it was born in a different region of space and captured later by our planet, a third envisioned a young Earth rotating so fast that the centrifugal force detached the Moon's matter from our planet.
As for the last, not even the calculated rotation velocity that caused a terrestrial day to be only 2.5 hour long could cause matter to be displaced, "The centrifugal force was insufficient for a Moon to escape," shared retired Dutch nuclear geophysicist Rob de Meijer. More recently, the proposal of the Moon forming from the debris resulting in the Earth's ancient massive impact with a cosmic body was largely adopted.
But de Meijer and van Westrenen propose a new possibility, that a georeactor very close to the young core, more precisely in the D'' layer (the thin, dark orange layer that can be seen in the adjacent picture) suddenly went supercritical. A powerful chemical reaction vaporized the rock, and the generated bubble rising through the molten mantle and the crust provoked an immense eruption of some trillion tons of material that gave birth to the Moon.
"The material in the Earth's mantle heated up some 8,000ºC and was completely vaporised. This huge bubble of gas forced itself up through the still liquid mantle," explains de Meijer. "As a result, part of the Earth's mantle and crust were blown away, as well as the early atmosphere. From the debris, the Moon could have formed rather quickly." Their hypothesis will be assessed and, most likely, vividly contradicted in the months to come.
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