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About that Earthquake and Tsunami (Two Articles)

Earthquake: Coincidence or a Corporate Oil Tragedy?

<http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=10211&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported>http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=10211&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported

December 28, 2004


>>Now I don�t claim to be an expert on seismic activity, but there has
been a series of events which led up to the 9.0 earthquake of the
coast of Indonesia which can not be ignored. This all could be an
enormous coincidence, but one must look at the information and choose
for themselves whether there is anything to it.

On November 28th, one month ago, Reuters reported that during a 3 day
span
<http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=10209&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported>169
whales and dolphins beached themselves in Tasmania, an island of the
southern coast of mainland Australia and in New Zealand. The cause
for these beachings is not known, but Bob Brown, a senator in the
Australian parliament, said "sound bombing" or seismic tests of ocean
floors to test for oil and gas had been carried out near the sites of
the Tasmanian beachings recently.

According to <http://www.acousticecology.org/oceanairgunexecsumm.html>Jim Cummings
of the Acoustic Ecology Institute, Seismic surveys utilizing airguns
have been taking place in mineral-rich areas of the world�s oceans
since 1968. Among the areas that have experienced the most intense
survey activity are the North Sea, the Beaufort Sea (off Alaska�s
North Slope), and the Gulf of Mexico; areas around Australia and
South America are also current hot-spots of activity.

The impulses created by the release of air from arrays of up to 24
airguns create low frequency sound waves powerful enough to penetrate
up to 40km below the seafloor. The �source level" of these sound
waves is generally over 200dB (and often 230dB or more), roughly
comparable to a sound of at least 140-170dB in air.

According to the Australian Conservation Foundation, these
<http://www.acfonline.org.au/asp/pages/document.asp?IdDoc=581>200dB �
230dB shots from the airguns are fired every 10 seconds or so, from
10 meters below the surface, 24 hours a day, for 2 week periods of
time, weather permitting.

These types of tests are known to affect whales and dolphins, whose
acute hearing and use of sonar is very sensitive.

On December 24th there was a
<http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=10208&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported>magnitude
8.1 earthquake more than 500 miles
<http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/ussjal.htm>southeast
of Tasmania near New Zealand, with a subsequent aftershock 6.1 a
little later in the morning that same day.

On December 26th, the magnitude intersection
of the Australian tectonic plate and the Indian tectonic plate. This
is the devastating tsunami tragedy that we have all heard about in
the Indian Ocean. The death toll of this horrific event
<http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/18986.asp>has reached
120,000 souls and continues to rise.

On December 27th, 20 whales beached themselves 110 miles west of
Hobart on the southern island state of Tasmania.

What is interesting about this is that the same place where the whale
beachings have been taking place over the last 30 days is the same
general area where the 8.1 Australian earthquake took place, and this
is the same area where they are doing these seismic tests. Then 2
days after the Australian tectonic plate shifted, the 9.0 earthquake
shook the coast of Indonesia.

A great deal of <http://www.appea.com.au/History/>interest and
seismic testing has been taking place in this area, as the government
of Australia has
<http://www.appea.com.au/Download.asp?Filename=Budget+Press+Release%2Epdf&ID=456>given
great tax breaks to encourage the oil exploration.

Two Geologists that I spoke to felt that it was highly unlikely that
these seismic tests would have had enough energy to induce the
Australian quake. On the other hand there is strong evidence that
suggests that
<http://www.oilfield.slb.com/media/resources/oilfieldreview/ors00/sum00/p2_17.pdf>oil
exploration activities have induced earthquakes in the past.

Again, I don't claim to be an expert. I'm writing this story to bring
attention to some interesting facts, so that those who are experts
can investigate this fully.

We will be following up on this story as more information is gathered.

[Sinobear]

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Cheers!

[ls650]

This 'theory' seems to be grasping at straws. The quake was the strongest in 40 years - so in other words there was an even stronger quake 40 years ago.
Huge natural disasters DO strike the earth without needing some kind of evil conspiracy source.

[ShapeSphere]

ChinaMovieMagic - do the words 'concise' or 'to the point' mean anything to you?

How do you find this stuff? Do you go to Google and search under 'drivel' and 'claptrap'?

The earth is composed of 13 tectonic plates that naturally shift occasionally, it than gets more complicated, and this is how earthquakes start. The recent tsunami was a result of a Richter scale 9 earthquake happening 10km below the surface.

Nature is far stronger than all of us. We are just jumped-up apes on the surface of this planet. Anyway, it's time for my bananas now.

[homersimpson]

Dear MoveOn.org members, those living in fantasy and candyland dreams,

Earthquakes happen. Floods happen. Hurricanes happen. The reason the large-scale desctruction seems to occur in "less-developed" countries is an answer unto itself. If you live in a shack hut, any weather disturbance means you're screwed. It's not the Whiteman's fault, it's not oppression, or any of the other wonderfully convenient excuses.

[mesmerod]

you mean bush DIDNT cause the tsumani?