Did the earth move for you today?! 6.1 quake
As sent around various offices in Dubai earlier today...!
Did anyone feel this quake, we're a damn site closer than Dubai is to Iran but don't know 'our' proximity to this fault line?
Dear Colleagues,
The tremors we have felt are due to the below incident. The UAE falls on the fault line and thus feels tremors from the region. Historically no great impact in the last 10 years has occurred in the UAE building environment - thus no great need to be alarmed at this time.
Magnitude 6.1 - SOUTHERN IRAN
2008 September 10 11:00:40 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude 6.1
Date-Time
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 11:00:40 UTC
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 02:30:40 PM at epicenter
Location27.010°N, 55.781°E
Depth55.7 km (34.6 miles)
Region SOUTHERN IRAN
Distances:
53 km (33 miles) WSW (249°) from Bandar-e Abbas, Iran
98 km (61 miles) NNW (332°) from Al Khasab, Oman
136 km (85 miles) N (353°) from Ras al Khaymah, United Arab Emirates
316 km (196 miles) NNE (26°) from ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles); depth +/- 22.2 km (13.8 miles)
Parameters NST= 73, Nph= 73, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
SourceU.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Torque
Commenting to the wrong forum
at the latest one.
Having gone back and checked, there have been 11 today so far in Iran.
Link is here
http://www.iiees.ac.ir/EQSearch/(qrl21svhr5zl1g55gj2lf355)/RecentEvent.aspx
The Iranian Earth Quake Site states 6.0
Who TF is right?
the US Geological site and it stated magnitude was 4.8.
Thousands evacuated as earthquake felt in UAE
by Andrew Sambidge and Dylan on Wednesday, 10 September 2008
The quake's epicentre, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, was in southern Iran about 316km from Abu Dhabi, but strong tremors were felt in the UAE.
State news agency WAM said the tremors were felt most strongly in the Northern Emirates, with the aftershock measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale.
Buildings all along Sheikh Zayed Road were evacuated after the tremor struck at around 3.00pm, with crowds of confused people flooding out into the street.
Several buildings in Dubai Media City (DMC) were also evacuated.
Eyewitnesses have described frantic scenes as people rushed for the exits as buildings swayed from side to side.
"The whole office was swaying for about five minutes. No one knew what was happening. It was very scary," one employee working on the 54th floor of Park Place on Sheikh Zayed Road told Arabian Business just minutes after the tremor.
An employee who was evacuated from nearby Al Moosa Tower added: "I was sitting at my desk and the ceiling started to make a funny noise. I thought I was having a dizzy spell and then me and my colleagues realised it was a tremor and we were evacuated."
A spokeswoman for the Shangri-La Hotel, one of several five-star hotels on Sheikh Zayed Road, added: "We felt a slight tremor but on the advice of the hotel manager there was no worry for our guests so it was decided it would be safe to stay in the hotel.
"We felt it shake inside the hotel and one of our guests called us but we told them it was safe."
An official at the National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) in Abu Dhabi said it is common for tremors from earthquakes in Iran to be felt in the UAE, but that they did not pose a danger.
"We will feel tremors from time to time, but people should not panic as there is nothing to worry about," he told Arabian Business.
Workers began returning to their offices at around 3.30pm.
The last major earthquake to hit the UAE was in November 2005. The earthquake, which measured 5.9 on the Richter scale, struck Qeshm Island off Iran’s southern coastline and was the strongest to hit the Gulf state in over 100 years. It killed ten people and damaged four villages.
ha ha ha, Good one, torque.
The Earth is always rotating and revolving
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..dishwasher every day...lol
Torque 8-)
hmmm....
the guys deserve it, mj.
, tis true!!
But currently loaned out to some Irish girl-friends from when she last came out here, not had a chance to collect him from what I gather!!
Mind you the poor little thing would probably have croked it by now!
Thanks for your kind thoughts & comments V!
Will check out google!
Torque 8-)
pfft, in my case, i was the one that got affected, my daughter had it before me....
nice illustration MD,..
The fault lines correspond to the plate boundaries, torque
candles for a while! Joking aside, glad she's OK and survived BOTH incidents hopefully with her great sense of humour still intact...
Google: "Tectonic plates" for info re fault lines - or maybe not if you're of a nervous disposition....a bit close for comfort!!
"Never believe everything you hear, and only believe half of what you see" Tim Stainforth
..at home, which is now fixed, but apparently that had nothing to do with the quake & will explain her recent headaches & sleepiness...!
I just thought her state was as a result of too much alcohol & not enough panadol....lol
Does anyone know exactly where the fault line IS?
Share your concerns on construction!
Hope all ok for everyone affected.
Torque 8-)
your GF is OK.
Let's hope construction near the fault line out here is solid enough to withstand the errant effects of nature (earthquakes/tsunami).
"Never believe everything you hear, and only believe half of what you see" Tim Stainforth
eerhm,..MP not that 'quake' lol..
with any of them....
(Again)
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NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
lol MD...
mjamille will bite back in any case.
ok fine i will do it on friday when we meet
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"Rude" :)
~noms~
"Before God we are all equally wise ' and equally foolish" - Albert Einstein
"Rude" :)
~noms~
"Before God we are all equally wise ' and equally foolish" - Albert Einstein
i have a very good solution cure for your nose and thats a mike tyson punch with glove
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thanks alexa, that is genuinely nice of you....
lucky you pieman...
Hi MJ
been a busy day so have'nt had much time. Just about to pack up for the day now.
just eat another pie
lol pieman.. hey you're back...
hmm, let's see Alexa, that's runny nose, sneezes, active lymph nodes, headaches for me..
MJ
It has been scientifically proven that eating a box of tissues will not get rid of your cold
just eat another pie
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hmm, i might just try that..thanks for the tip, Alexa..
I thought it was just the after effects of the Vindaloo I had last night...
my bowel moved.. if that's of any significance
didn't feel it. Was playing a rock'n'roll song: Shake, Rattle and Roll (Jerry Lee Lewis).
more like cold & flu alexa...i have already consumed a box if tissue...
QT, my GF in Dubai felt her building shake for 6 secs..., she in Media City.
Let's hope there's no casualties or deaths as a result, wherever that may be.
Torque
the earth didn't move for me!
after getting off the treadmill on which i was jogging for 30min it felt like i was standing and the earth was moving :P
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the earthquake, no... though my earth here was shaking since i've been sneezing all day.... *sigh*
sorry