Day: April 11, 2012

Indonesia Disaster Agency says major quakes produced only small tsunami waves because of horizontal plate movement.. But the main disaster of the big quakes still happened

Weather Channel reports: Roger Musson (Brit. Geo. Survey) via AP: Quake was strike-slip. Earth moves horizontally…doesn’t displace large volumes of water

More: US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues new Indian Ocean warning following latest aftershocks .. USGS: A second quake, magnitude 8.2, strikes off west coast of Sumatra.. Local Indonesian authorities issue a fresh tsunami warning following an aftershock with magnitude 8.2..

Aftershock of 8.2 reported near the original 8.6 quake. 3.5 foot water rise reported near northwest coast of Sumatra (Meulaboh).

FLASH: Indonesia’s geophysics agency says aftershocks in Aceh include quake of 8.8 on Richter scale, issues tsunami warning

Tsunami watch after big Sumatra shake

Planes diverted to avoid North Korean rocket launch And there is more.. Voters in South Korea have largely ignored the North’s threat of a rocket launch by voting in parliamentary elections.. And as far as the threat from new leader Kim in the North, what is the real truth on the rocket launch possibility? Experts seem to … Read moreAll the trouble in the world: Korean Peninsula edition