[ADXA] New Earthquake

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Subj:   [DX-NEWS] CQ News: A strong 6.5 mag earthquake near the previous 8.9 
mag epicenter 1/1/05 
Date:   1/1/2005 12:27:05 PM Central Standard Time  
From:    jjreisert at alum.mit.edu (Jim Reisert AD1C)
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Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:37:12 -0500
To: cq-l at unix14.sunserver.com
From: Richard Moseson <w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com>
Subject: [Cq-l] CQ News: A strong 6.5 mag earthquake near the previous 8.9 
mag epicenter 1/1/05

>From the CQ Newsroom:

The following is provided by Wyn Purwinto, AB2QV. Information regarding 
today's quake has been confirmed via the US Geological Survey website:

A strong earthquake occurred at 06:25:44 (UTC) on Saturday, January 1, 2005 
(or at 1:25:44 PM Local Time). The magnitude 6.5 event has been located OFF 
THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA. Location 5.045°N, 92.259°E, Depth 10 km 
(6.2 miles) set by location program. Distance 345 km (215 miles) W of Banda 
Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Or only 60 miles away from the previous 8.9 mag 
quake that generated the tsunami. (This event has been reviewed by a 
seismologist according to the USGS)

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Magnitude 5.0 And Greater Earthquakes From Around the World downloaded from 
the USGS.

This list contains all earthquakes with magnitude 5.0 and greater 
catalogued in the last 48 hours. The most recent earthquakes are at the top 
of the list. Times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).Update time = 
Sat Jan 1 7:19:10 UTC 2005

MAG  DATE      UTC       LAT   LON   DEPTH(km)      REGION

6.5 2005/01/01 06:25:45 5.045 92.259 10.0 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN 
SUMATRA

5.8 2005/01/01 04:03:13 5.457 94.445 45.5 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

5.1 2004/12/31 20:13:50 36.852 140.867 90.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, 
JAPAN

5.4 2004/12/31 17:48:05 4.726 95.124 46.1 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

5.1 2004/12/31 16:15:44 7.670 93.984 20.5 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

5.6 2004/12/31 14:38:46 5.109 94.835 48.2 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

5.6 2004/12/31 13:41:48 3.180 95.230 30.3 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN 
SUMATRA

6.1 2004/12/31 12:04:57 6.217 92.913 4.6 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

5.5 2004/12/31 10:58:25 5.028 94.804 36.4 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

5.4 2004/12/31 09:57:00 7.621 93.975 23.3 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

6.3 2004/12/31 02:24:01 7.129 92.564 11.9 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

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AB2QV COMMENTS: The ham radio volunteers in these regions should be alert 
and ready to assist the govt and the people. Ham radio volunteers who have 
been in the disaster areas should continue to assist the aid process and be 
cautious with the next possible impact. Only a few people around the world 
know that since day one, the Indonesian ORARI (national hamradio 
organization) volunteers have been deployed and assisted the emergency 
communication in northern Sumatra island. Ham radio volunteers have 
struggled and been busy managing emergency communications during power, 
telecoms and water outages as well as land transportation damage. These 
volunteers deserve a HUGE credit, indeed.

Ham radio operators and shortwave listeners around the world can tune in 
their HF rigs or shortwave radios to the Sumatra Emergency Net Control 
YB6ZZ or YB6ZES on 7.055 MHz (40m) and 21.300MHz (15m) as well as YD6AT in 
Banda Aceh on 3.815MHz (80m).

W. Purwinto, AB2QV, Syracuse, New York
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W2VU Note: While hams and SWLs are encouraged to monitor these and other 
emergency nets, you should NOT try to check in unless there is a specific 
need that you can help meet. Amateur radio officials in the affected areas 
have asked that NO incoming health and welfare traffic be sent, at least 
until all outgoing traffic has been handled. As always in the event of 
ongoing emergency communications, LISTEN before transmitting and make sure 
you are not interfering with an emergency net in progress. LISTEN between 
transmissions of your own QSOs in case there are stations in affected areas 
that need help.



-- 
Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.com