Earthquakes and meteorites
Dec. 26th, 2004 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pyesetzJust a few factoids I've pulled from the broadcast news.
A week before today's massive earthquake, there was suspected meteorite explosion over Jakarta. There was a loud BANG! and a vapor trail, but no crater.
Earlier there were suspected meteorite explosions over Australia and China. Again, a loud BANG! and a vapor trail.
Today's magnitude–9 earthquake began with a loud bang. Is that a coincidence or a typical feature of quakes?
It's amazing the crap you find when searching Google's archives of "stories the big networks didn't cover". Here is a gem from Pravda that connects the Indonesian and Australian events (but I couldn't find any article connecting the Indonesian meteor with the Indonesian earthquake). Unfortunately, the article also claims that meteorites actively try to avoid hitting inhabited areas, because they prefer to blow themselves up by hitting the ocean! I guess they're right when they say "There's no truth in Pravda".
A week before today's massive earthquake, there was suspected meteorite explosion over Jakarta. There was a loud BANG! and a vapor trail, but no crater.
Earlier there were suspected meteorite explosions over Australia and China. Again, a loud BANG! and a vapor trail.
Today's magnitude–9 earthquake began with a loud bang. Is that a coincidence or a typical feature of quakes?
It's amazing the crap you find when searching Google's archives of "stories the big networks didn't cover". Here is a gem from Pravda that connects the Indonesian and Australian events (but I couldn't find any article connecting the Indonesian meteor with the Indonesian earthquake). Unfortunately, the article also claims that meteorites actively try to avoid hitting inhabited areas, because they prefer to blow themselves up by hitting the ocean! I guess they're right when they say "There's no truth in Pravda".
