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1. 

   9/12/07

   ichaduma

   Uhm... Okay here. Didn't feel a thing.
   It's 21:40 PM now in my city, and everyone's ready to bed..
   
   But I am at Jakarta, Java island..
   Probably it happened in Sumatra island area since it's the nearest one to Singapore.
   
   Thanks for the quick notice, Mr. Norski..
   Hope everyone else is okay there.

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      9/12/07

      Norski

      Thank you for responding.
      
      More to the point, glad you're okay.
2. 

   9/12/07

   Norski

   News says the quake was 8.2 now.
   
   I understood that Padang had a tsunami 9 feet tall (a little under 3 meters).
   
   I see that it's about half-past 10 at night in that area right now.
   
   BlogCatalogers in that area may be sensibly asleep by now.
   
   However, if you're awake, and have a working Internet connection, and have time:
   
   How are you doing?

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3. 

   9/12/07

   Norski

   Anybody live on the east African coast, particularly Kenya?
   
   There's a tsunami warning out for Kenyan coastal areas.
   
   If you're in that area: heads up.
   
   I'd be interested in learning what happens - after the excitement is over.

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4. 

   9/12/07

   Norski

   I believe the quake happened near the south end of ("Sumatra Island"?) - that large island toward the west end of Indonesia.
   
   Reports now are that 7 people are dead from the quake. That number is likely to rise.
   
   A reasonable question is "so what?" This isn't related to blogging.
   
   True, but the impression I get is that quite a few BlogCatalogers live around the Indian Ocean. I've gotten settled in here, and think of BlogCatalogers as neighbors. Go figure.

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5. 

   9/12/07

   BloggingTheMovie

   OMG.. is it me.. or has there been an increase in earthquakes lately. I hope everyone is ok

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      9/12/07

      Manictastic

      Not really an increase, just a temporarily active moment. It's normal -I think, not an expert- that one earhtquake triggers another earthquake. I think I read an article a couple of weeks ago warning that there were tensions in the tectonic plates of the Indian Ocean, so it kinda was predicted.
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      9/12/07

      Norski

      Depends on what "temporarily" means to you.
      
      Alas! The name of the documentary is lost to me, but there was a very good illustration of seismic activity in it: a world map, animated with red dots appearing where - and when - each took place. The map animation covered the centuries in which there have been decent records, so it covered a fair span of time.
      
      I was impressed by the ebb and flow of quakes. There would be clusters of flashes here, there, somewhere else, like paparazzi spotting starlets.
      
      Then, there was a period (can't remember when, but it seemed to be a while back) when there were more-or-less synchronized flashes, all over the world.
      
      Somehow, I don't think we have all the answers quite yet, about how this world works.
6. 

   9/14/07

   Norski

   I heard that there was a fourth major earthquake (not aftershock) in or near Indonesia this week.
   
   I know: Indonesia is a huge country. I didn't hear where the quake was.
   
   Is anyone blogging about this series of events?
   
   Does anyone plan to?

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7. 

   9/14/07

   bnsullivan

   Not planning to blog about it, but I've been following the news closely. I'm an earthquake junkie. (Being a survivor of a couple big ones will do that to ya.)
   
   Here's the best place to go to follow where the quakes are happening around the world:
   
   earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
   
   And if you're interested in tsunami alerts:
   
   www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/
   
   ^ Somewhere on both of those sites there's a link to sign up for automated email alerts about quakes/tsunami advisories if you are interested.
   
   Heck, might as well add this one, too, while I'm at it:
   
   tux.wr.usgs.gov/
   
   
   IMHO, earthquakes -- especially big ones -- are the most traumatic of natural disasters, mainly because there's no warning, nowhere to hide, and not too much you can do ahead of time to prepare.

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8. 

   4/09/08

   balidreamhome

   still in heaven and be here longer...
   
   balidreamhome.blogspot.com/2008/04/us-50.html
   
   short of petrol is the problem at this moment :-)

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9. 

   7/14/08

   Dahlan

   Bali dream.....
   
   Makassar dream
   
   
   dahlandahi.blogspot.com

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