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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-24-10 03:00 AM
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USGS says 6.1 quake strikes near Indonesia's Ambon
Edited on Sat Apr-24-10 03:18 AM by Turborama
Source: Reuters

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck in the Moluccas about 200 km (120 miles) north of the Indonesian island of Ambon, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Saturday.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake was measured at a depth of about 33 miles (53 km).

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE60R0FU20100424?type=hotStocksNews





Map from: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/

Statistics: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010vlat.php#details
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Socal31 Donating Member (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-24-10 03:48 AM
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1. I blame Iceland's global Death Machine. Time to invade...
Do they have fossil fuels?
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SkyDaddy7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-24-10 05:38 AM
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2. Ask Dick Cheney!
I am sure he masturbates in front of a map marked with all the natural resources each country has!
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alcina Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-24-10 11:24 AM
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3. Oh thanks for that image
I'm trying to eat breakfast....
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Hatalles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-24-10 12:28 PM
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4. Are we just hearing about a lot of quakes in the media?
Edited on Sat Apr-24-10 12:29 PM by Hatalles
Or is there some scientific reason why there seem to be so many occurring in recent months..
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