Quake hits Bali
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DENPASAR Sept
15: An earthquake killed at least one person and injured two others
on Wednesday on Bali, hospital staff and residents said. A construction
worker died in the hospital of severe head injuries after falling from
the building he was working on in the Balinese capital of Denpasar. AFP.
The quake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, occurred at 4:35 p.m. local
time and was felt strongly on the neighbouring resort island of Lombok,
the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said. "Its epicentre was seven
kilometres southwest of Denpasar at the depth of 80 kilometres," |
At the
KHO
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We knew something was in the wind.
The KHO earthquake detector activated 3 times on the day before, then twice
again on the day before the 4.35 quake hit. |
The chandelier in the KHO reception
area shook violently and tinkled like a wind chime. |
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No damage was done. The detector
recorded another 2 small tremors the following day. Now things have settled
down. |
Detector
Modification
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The KHO Earthquake detector has been
modified yet again. |
Now it sports a digital/analogue
clock for accurately determining time of an earthquake or tremor. The clock
was modified with green internal LED lighting which glows in the dark. |
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Rim
of Fire
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Bali is on the" Pacific Rim of
Fire" the worlds most active earthquake and volcanic area. Through
recorded history 100's of thousands have been killed by Geophysical disasters. |
1994
Tsunami
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An earthquake of magnitude
7.6 occurred off the southeast coast of Java Island, Indonesia, at 0117,
June 3, 1994. The epicentre was at 240 km from the nearest coast. |
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Year |
Dead |
Details
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1815 |
92,000 |
Tambora mountain Sumbawa 10,000
killed 82,000 by starvation. |
1883 |
36,417 |
Krakatau erupts. |
1917
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15,300
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Earthquake/Tsunamis |
1976 |
563
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Earthquake/Tsunamis |
1994 |
277
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Earthquake/Tsunamis |
1963 |
1,184
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Gunung Agung |
The shock was felt in east Java and
Bali, but only awakened 15% of the inhabitants. No earthquake damage was
reported. However 50 mins after the main shock, a large tsunami struck
southeast Java and southwest Bali, causing serious damage. In total, 223
persons died, 400 were injured, and over 1000 houses were destroyed.
The villages of Pancer and Lampon, where some of the most severe |
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Pancer - Fishing boat deposited
at the crest of a sea wall.
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damage occurred, were built on sand
bars; small rivers run behind them, sandwiching them between the coastline
and the river channel. Under normal conditions, this allows for the mooring
of fishing boats behind the villages during storms. However, it also allowed
for overland flow during the tsunami attack. Tsunami height was registered
at 4 meters in Bali, causing little damage. |
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Lampon - View of the first
row of houses near the beach.
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Rajekwesi - View of the beach
looking south. The concrete floor slabs are the only remnants of houses.
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