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yourself.  A piece of Russian spacejunk crashes a profitable NEOcon (Iridium) 
sattellite, which is used for tsunami warnings.  At roughly a time when a 
tsunami warning is issued.  Coincidence?  -Vmann


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491044,00.html
Indonesia Lifts Tsunami Warning Issued After Massive 7.0-Magnitude Quake
Wednesday, February 11, 2009  


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7.0-magnitude quake was centered 195 miles from Manado, the northernmost city 
on Sulawesi island.

A powerful earthquake struck waters off eastern Indonesia early Thursday, 
briefly triggering fears of a tsunami, the local geological agency said. It was 
not immediately clear if there were injuries or damage.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.0-magnitude quake was centered 195 miles 
from Manado, the northernmost city on Sulawesi island. It said it had a depth 
of about 20 miles beneath the ocean floor.

The quake was followed by two aftershocks, one measuring magnitude 5.9 and the 
other 5.6, the USGS said.

One Manado resident, Grace Wakary, said she did not feel anything and there 
were no visible signs of panic.

The country's local geological agency initially told reporters that the quake 
had the power to trigger a tsunami, but lifted the alert about an hour later.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that a pacific-wide tsunami that would 
threaten Hawaii was not expected.

Earthquakes of this size can generate local tsunamis that could be destructive 
along coasts located within 62 miles of the epicenter.

Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called 
Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the 
Pacific Basin.

In December 2004, a massive earthquake off the country's western island of 
Sumatra triggered a tsunami that battered much of the Indian Ocean coastline 
and killed more than 230,000 people - more than half of them in Indonesia's 
Aceh province alone. A tsunami off Java island in 2007 killed nearly 5,000.

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