Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia (General)

by dulan drift ⌂, Saturday, September 29, 2018, 11:53 (2007 days ago)

Another sequential earthquake in Indonesia, this time Sulawesi - a 6+ - a 7.5 - then another 6+

The 7.5 caused a tsunami. Ridiculous amount of activity in Indonesia this year

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1045724373884186625

Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia

by dulan drift ⌂, Monday, October 01, 2018, 17:40 (2005 days ago) @ dulan drift

Frightening event - could it be that the places that have shown seismic activity this year are the most likely candidates to keep showing it?

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Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia

by dulan drift ⌂, Tuesday, October 02, 2018, 18:12 (2004 days ago) @ dulan drift

Four days later and the news says they're having trouble getting emergency supplies to the area.

Gotta wonder how that could be possible - wouldn't you just load up a bunch of military helicopters and fly it in the next day?

Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia

by dan, Wednesday, October 03, 2018, 05:46 (2004 days ago) @ dulan drift

Sounds like a similar situation to that that happened on Papua New Guinea (?) after their big quake a few months back.

Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia

by dulan drift ⌂, Wednesday, October 03, 2018, 06:57 (2004 days ago) @ dan

Seems like there was new phenomenon happening during this earthquake which I haven't heard of before - reports of water gushing up through the ground due to liquefaction

Incredible footage in the links of houses sliding around - I don't think it's because of the tsunami - just the liquefaction

https://youtu.be/c4sZlz8GuMI

Sulawesi Earthquake, Indonesia

by dan, Wednesday, October 03, 2018, 07:03 (2004 days ago) @ dulan drift

Woah! That's crazy. I think that's what happened in the 1989 SF earthquake. Everything that collapsed, including sections of the Bay Bridge, was built on landfill and if I remember correctly the same thing happened.

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