BREAKING NEWS: Powerful earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia.

[cboy4]

Source: Associated Press

AKARTA, Indonesia - A deep earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 shook eastern Indonesia Saturday, sending panicked residents running out of their homes, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert was issued, said Suharjono, an agency spokesman.

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The amount of seismic activity over there is astounding.

Those poor people

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22270164/

[JNelson6563]

1. I hope there are not horrible reports to come

of death and destruction. :scared:

Julie

[ClintonTyree]

2. 7.1.....

that's a biggun. I imagine the damage will be devastating.

[GliderGuider]

3. The Goddess is angry

about the crappy, watered-down "agreement" in Bali.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. iris has it at 6.3, depth of 20.3 km

still pretty darn big...

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/last30.html