Just headlined on MSNBC.com and CNN.com...
Here's the place to get the latest seismic information...
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/...
Information is scarce right now...
go here:
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/...
for the latest on tsunami watches (right now there's only a local watch bulletin!)
Reading further...it appears the experts don't believe there's a wider threat.
Apologies for the short diary... more to follow, if (hopefully not) necessary...
Magnitude 7.1
Date-Time Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 21:02:51 UTC
Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 04:02:51 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 3.909°S, 101.061°E
Depth 30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances 135 km (85 miles) W of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
335 km (210 miles) SSE of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia
385 km (240 miles) SW of Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia
675 km (420 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 11.4 km (7.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 45, Nph= 45, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.21 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2007iwca
More details, from the tsunami watch bulletin:
COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED
KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES FOR THE
REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.
AREAS FURTHER FROM THE EPICENTER COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA
LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL COASTAL CURRENTS.
DUE TO ONLY LIMITED SEA LEVEL DATA FROM THE REGION IT MAY NOT
BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS CENTER TO RAPIDLY CONFIRM NOR EVALUATE THE
STRENGTH OF A TSUNAMI IF ONE HAS BEEN GENERATED.
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES
MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME
BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
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INDONESIA BENGKULU 3.9S 102.0E 2134Z 24 OCT