Submitted by rickeyre on
It must be the first time in these more tsunami-conscious times that the Bureau of Meteorology has issued a tsunami alert for the NSW coast.
An 8.1 earthquake off the Solomons at around 6.40 this morning is known to have caused 15cm waves in the outlying Solomon Islands.
It seems low risk at this time, but links for more information are here:
Submitted by rickeyre on
Everyone's entitled to their opinion, and with that in mind I thank this gentleman for linking to my website. I offer no further comment.
Submitted by rickeyre on
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are among the hardest hit locations as a result of Sunday's earthquake and tsunami, being close to the epicentre of some of the quakes. There are fears that some or all of the races indigenous to the archipelago, namely the Great Andamanese, Onges, Jarawas, Sentinelese and Shompens, may have been wiped out entirely.
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COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan wildlife officials are stunned -- the worst tsunami in memory has killed around 22,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast, but they can't find any dead animals.
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It's now about 72 hours since the tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean, and the death toll is rising at an alarming rate. Current figures being reported range between 55000 and 70000.
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Almost 48 hours after the tsunami struck, it seems impossible to fully comprehend the enormity of a tragedy that has hit so many countries. It seems now that at least 25000 people have died, almost half of those being in Sri Lanka. Over a million - goodness knows how many at this stage - are homeless, and there are serious concerns that disease will kill many more people before basic facilities can be restored. The fatalities have occurred right around the Indian Ocean rim from Aceh to Somalia and submerging island entities such as the Maldives and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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A year to the day since the city of Bam in Iran was devastated by an earthquake, we now see an amazing catastrophe unfolding across south-east Asia following a massive quake west of Sumatra.
Tsunamis have hit a wide arc of countries around the north-eastern Indian Ocean, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. There appear to be thousands dead, and with it now being just eight hours since the quake occurred, we can expect the toll to rise much further. We still don't really know the extent.
