Re: [Geology2] 7.3 or 7.6 another big quake off Japan

Because they are Indonesia.

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Victor Healey <vic.nospam@gmail.com> wrote:

 

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
REPORTED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.

ORIGIN TIME -  0818Z 07 DEC 2012
COORDINATES -  37.7 NORTH  144.6 EAST
DEPTH       -   33 KM
LOCATION    -  OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU  JAPAN
MAGNITUDE   -  7.3

Or

... EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

1. EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
RTSP INDONESIA has detected an earthquake with the following preliminary
information:

Magnitude:   7.6 Mwp
Depth:       10km
Date:        07 Dec 2012
Origin Time: 0818 UTC
Latitude:    37.83N
Longitude:   144.17E
Location:    OffEastCoastofHonshu,Japan

The US is going with 7.3 according to CNN, ABC, 

and RSOE EDIS. 

My question is how can Indonesia be so far off the location, magnitude, depth, and intensity?

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