Thread: "Most powerful earthquake in 40 years."
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Old 12-28-2004, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by AJ_77
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U.S. officials who detected the quake tried frantically to reach contacts in the region but they were unable to do so because there was no warning mechanism in place.
http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/A...hub=topstories

Right, they knew the tsunami was coming but they didn't know the Earthquake was coming. So US scientists didn't really predict the Earthquake was coming 1.5h before it occurred.
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