Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Swedes in Streets After 2.0 Earthquake
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(Anadolu News Agency).
Residents of Sweden?s capital Stockholm poured into the streets thinking an earthquake measuring 2.0 on the Richter scale was an explosion.
Reynir Bodvarsson, seismologist at Uppsala University, stated that although the magnitude of the earthquake was 2, it was still unusual for the Stockholm region since there have only been a few earthquakes at that magnitude in the last several centuries.
Police also said that people mistook the earthquake, which struck the southeast of Stockholm at 1:00 a.m. yesterday, for an explosion and dialed emergency numbers.
Meanwhile, police helicopters and security vehicles investigated the location of the ?explosion? in Stockholm throughout the night, though the investigation failed to produce evidence of...
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Google Earth View of HelenPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Anadolu News Agency).
Residents of Sweden?s capital Stockholm poured into the streets thinking an earthquake measuring 2.0 on the Richter scale was an explosion.
Reynir Bodvarsson, seismologist at Uppsala University, stated that although the magnitude of the earthquake was 2, it was still unusual for the Stockholm region since there have only been a few earthquakes at that magnitude in the last several centuries.
Police also said that people mistook the earthquake, which struck the southeast of Stockholm at 1:00 a.m. yesterday, for an explosion and dialed emergency numbers.
Meanwhile, police helicopters and security vehicles investigated the location of the ?explosion? in Stockholm throughout the night, though the investigation failed to produce evidence of...
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