Peta Pulau Sumatera dan Titik Gempa Aceh (Foto: BMKG)
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Gempa Aceh Pekan Lalu Diprediksi Bakal Picu Gempa dan Tsunami di Padang
Thursday, April 19th, 2012Scientists cannot predict the exact time (when) an earthquake will strike
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Jakarta (Nias Online) – Scientists are not able to determine the exact time (hour, date, and year) when an eartquake will strike a certain region. Such a prediction is false and will never come from credibel experts in the field. This statement comes from two leading earthquake experts Prof. Kerry Edward Sieh and Dr. Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, M. Sc.
“Scientific research does not allow us to predict whether an earthquake will happen in Sumatra on a specific day, month, or year.†said Prof Sieh and Dr. Natawidjaja in a joint statement received by Nias Online, Monday (15/11/2010).
As reported by Nias Online earlier, Nias inhabitants, in particular those living in South Nias have been overwhelmed by rumours of imminent large eartquake that will jolt the region. The rumour even predicted that the earthquake will strike at any time between 10 – 20 November 2010 resulting in some people fleeing their homes and stocking basic household needs in large amount.
The statement from these two scientists strongly discredits such rumours.
“Any such predictions are fake and do not come from reputable scientistsâ€, they said.
Profesor Kerry Sieh is the Director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore – Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, whilst Dr. Danny Hilman Natawijaya, M. Sc. is a geologist from Research Center for Geotechnology, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Bandung. Both scientists are actively involved in the research on earthquake activities along the west coast of Sumatra.
However, they hinted that in the coming decades a great earthquake and the resulting tsunami will hit the region of western cost of Sumatera and islands nearby.
“Our research does show that a great earthquake and its tsunami are very likely sometime in the next few decades in the area between the Batu and Pagai Islands and along the neighbouring mainland West Sumatran coast. However, we cannot say exactly when within the next few decades this might occur. “ they explained in the joint statement.
“This means that young people living in this region today are very likely to experience this great earthquake and its tsunami within their lifetimes. There are many actions that can be taken in the time between now and then to lessen the loss of life, livelihood and property.â€, the joint statement concluded.
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Quake energy has potential to further rattle West Sumatra
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Padang, W Sumatra (ANTARA News) – A series of aftershocks which rattled West Sumatra province on Sunday and Monday (Aug 16 and 17) followed the quakes which struck the region back in 2007. (more…)
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes Aceh
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) – An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Banda Aceh at 11:35 on Tuesday morning, prompting the local people to scramble out of their homes and office buildings for fear of an ensuing tsunami. (more…)
Aceh may be hit by another tsunami, says LIPI expert
Thursday, April 12th, 2007Based on the results of scientific studies and observations of the trend in previous tsunamis, Nanggroe Aceh Daurssalam (NAD) province may be hit by another tusnami at an unpredictable time in the future, an ecologist of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) said. (more…)
INDONESIA: SUMATRA QUAKE ‘KILLS AT LEAST FOUR’
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006Medan, 18 Dec. (AKI) – An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale on Monday at 04.39 am shook Penyabungan town, Mandailing Natal district on the west coast of North Sumatra, a local meteorology and geophysics office spokesman, Buha Simanjuntak, confirmed after the quake, quoted by Indonesia’s Antara news agency. Simanjunta said at least four people were killed and several houses destroyed by the earthquake, whose epicenter was located at t a depth of 33 km below sea level, 98 km southeast of Penyabungan town and 58 km northeast of Lubuk Sikaping, Pasaman district in West Sumatra.
Tsunami risk still high in Sumatra
Friday, December 15th, 2006Another major earthquake and tsunami will strike the western coast of Sumatra sometime in the next few decades, according to researchers studying the region’s history. And the predicted tsunami has a significant chance of hitting densely populated areas, the team says.
Tsunami prediction for Sumatra and the Indian Ocean region has become a priority since the devastating tsunamis of December 2004 and March 2005. In the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Jose Borrero of the University of Southern California and colleagues reported on Dec. 4 a new tsunami prediction model based on past behavior of earthquakes and tsunamis in the area. “This is an important study and wakeup call for more action to do something to reduce the risk to coastal populations,” says Roland Burgmann, a geologist at the University of California, Berkeley.
Moderate quake jolts Indonesia’s Nias Island
Thursday, October 19th, 2006Jakarta – A moderate earthquake struck Nias Island off the western coast of Indonesia’s North Sumatra Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of structural damage or casualties, an official said.
The quake, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, struck off the west coast of Sumatra at about 9:01 a.m. (0201 GMT), said Novita, an official at Indonesia’s national Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG). Full Story …
Experts predict major quake in N. Sumatra
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006Monday, September 04, 2006
Apriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan
Geologists are warning people living along North Sumatra’s western coastal areas that a major earthquake is likely during the next few years.
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Earthquake Rocks Indonesia
Friday, July 28th, 2006A powerful earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday but there was no reports of any casualties and damage while meteorologists played down the risk of tsunami. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered 6.0 on the Richter scale. Indonesian meteorologists put the magnitude at 6.1, centered closed to Nias island off the coast of Sumatra. Full story …
Intermap Technologies Aids in Southeast Asia Tsunami Recovery and Rebuilding Efforts
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 19, 2006–Intermap Technologies Corp. (TSX:IMP)(AIM:IMAP) has been selected by Apogee Imaging International to provide radar imagery and digital elevation data for areas of Indonesia destroyed by the tsunami in December 2004. The Commonwealth of Australia has awarded the contract through Apogee Imaging International, who is the prime contractor on the project.
The mapping of the tsunami devastated areas in the Aceh Province and the Nias Island, North Sumatra Province are part of an Australian grant program to support planning and reconstruction activities for the area. Intermap will also provide training and computer equipment to BAKOSURTANAL, the Indonesian national mapping agency, to enable greater efficiency in managing the remapping effort. Full story …
More Quakes Warned as Java Deaths Rise
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006An Indonesian scientist on July 19, 2006 warned of more earthquake-triggered tsunamis hitting some parts of Sumatra Island and southern coastal areas of Java as the death toll from Monday’s tsunami rose to 525.
“Based on our mapping, potential big earthquakes and tsunamis may happen because some stresses in the Java trench have not been released.” geologist Yusuf Surachman Djajadihardja told Kyodo News. Full story …
Indonesians raise funds for quake victims
Saturday, June 3rd, 2006Indonesians raise funds for quake victims
By Nina Muslim, Staff Reporter
Dubai: For the second year in a row, Indonesians in the UAE have had to turn their recent annual get-together into a charity concert, this time to benefit the victims of the deadly earthquake in Yogyakarta. More …
Tsunami lessons help speed aid response to Java quake
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006By Eric UnmachtJakarta/Yogyakarta_(dpa) _ Private cars, ambulances and even buggy-style Indonesian bicycles delivered the sick and injured to overwhelmed hospitals Monday in Yogyakarta. More …
FOX Facts: Recent Quakes in Indonesia
Sunday, May 28th, 2006Saturday, May 27, 2006
A look at some deadly earthquakes in Indonesia since 2000:
— May 27, 2006: A magnitude-6.2 quake flattens homes and hotels near the ancient central city of Yogyakarta, killing more than 3,000 and injuring thousands more in the nation’s worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
— March 28, 2005: A magnitude-8.7 quake strikes Nias and Simeulue islands off the western coast of Sumatra, killing about 900 people and flattening thousands of houses and bridges.
