Some knew it was coming University experts just 28 minutes off time of event

[SteveStromberg]

N Venkatanathan, research scholar, who is currently undergoing a Ph.D programme in Predicting Earthquake and Aseismic Construction Designing and the man behind the team working on predictions, said he had already presented a report about the Indonesian earthquake on 22 December to members of the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.

The 15-member team headed by S K Tandan were in Chennai at that time for a meeting.

Venkatanathan, said, 'we predicted that the disaster will occur on 26 December 2004 at 00:30 (GMT) with 3.54 N latitude and 97.17E longitude, which is located near the coast of Banyak Island, Sumatra, Indonesia, with a magnitude at around 6 to 7. The actual calamity occurred on 26 December 2004 at 00:58 (GMT), with 3.298 N latitude and 95.779 E longitude, located off the west coast of northern Sumatra'.

The difference in distance between the predicted place and the epicentre was 157.11899 km with a time difference of 28 minutes. He also said the team had predicted that the after-shocks would occur at 700 km to the South of the epicentre between 5 pm and 6 pm. This was recorded with permissible error. It occurred at 157 km from the epicentre. That is with the error of 521 km.

http://newstodaynet.com/27DEC/SS6.HTM

[tabs]

Well thats close enough for Geological time if you ask me....to be right on the nuts.....

[Serge914]

There are reports that most of the animals did feel it coming also. They didn't find many dead wild animals, most of them escaped a few minutes before running to higher grounds.

[billwagnon]

how often do you see wild animals on a beach?

[Serge914]

I dont believe that those 100,000 deads were all suntanning on the beach. Some of the waves made their ways 20 kilometers in the ground.