EARTHQUAKE 7.2 hits INDONESIA Island– epicenter 220 miles South JAKARTA (TALL Buildings swayed 2 mins); 2 metre TZUNAMI – 5 Killed in BEACH RESORT
A powerful 7.2 Richter Scale Earthquake (epicenter at 220 miles south of Tall building as far as the capital city Jakarta
There was another 6.1 aftershock 2 hours later. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre although it issued an earlier bulletin warning of a possible tsunami, gave a VERY INACCURATE prediction
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 triggered a tsunami warning on Monday on
The earthquake, which hit at
"There is a possibility of a destructive local tsunami in the
However, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre although it issued an earlier bulletin warning of a possible tsunami, said that based on historical data there was no threat it would be destructive or widespread.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in
"We haven't felt anything," Katrina Bird, a tourism official on Christmas said by telephone.
A massive 2004
from Cnn
The quake had a magnitude of 7.2, and was centered 220 miles south of
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Two-metre tsunami damages homes on Java;
A two-metre tsunami has damaged homes and an hotel on Java island, witnesses have told a local radio station.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 triggered a tsunami warning earlier today on
The earthquake, which hit at
“There is a possibility of a destructive local tsunami in the
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a similar bulletin.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in
The Japanese and Pacific tsunami warning centres did not give the depth of the quake, but local media reports quoting Indonesian officials said it was more than 18 miles below the ocean floor.
A massive 2004
On May 27, a magnitude-5.9 earthquake devastated a large swath of
.......10.00pm .more updates as the news filtered in
Five killed after tsunami hits Indonesia; July 17, 2006 20:23 PM
JAKARTA (AFP) - Five people have been killed when waves hit buildings on the south coast of Indonesia's Java island after a strong undersea quake triggered a tsunami alert, Indonesia's president said.
"Based on reports I have received, five people have been killed," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters. "The search is ongoing for those who are still missing." "It is important to take care of the dead and the injured," he said Monday.
Yudhoyono urged residents in coastal areas to move to safe places.
"We call on people to evacuate vulnerable areas. There have been at least five aftershocks," he said, adding that military and rescue teams had been dispatched to the disaster zone.
Witnesses said waves hit buildings and houses on the south coast following the earthquake measured by the national geophysics agency at 5.5 on the Richter scale.
"Waves suddenly came and we ran to the hills. Four people from my group are still missing," said a woman who gave her name as Teti, and who said she had been accompanying Dutch tourists when the waves hit.
"Many small hotels were destroyed," she told ElShinta radio. "Hotels on the beach front of Pangandaran... the front parts are hit. Boats have been thrown into hotels," she said.
She told the radio that she saw three dead bodies being collected by residents. Pangandaran is on the south coast of West Java province.
Another resident said the damage was "very bad." "Children were crying and many are injured," he told ElShinta. Local military chief Asep Kurniadi said waves were as high as three meters (about 10 feet).
"The tide wasn't too long and now water has returned to the normal level," he said from the West Java town of Garut.
The earthquake at 3.19 pm (0819 GMT) also rattled the capital Jakarta. An aftershock measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale followed about an hour later.
and the AP reports filed at 8.25 am EDT
Quake Triggers Indonesian Tsunami; 5 Dead
By CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press Writer ;Jul 17, 8:25 AM EDT
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A powerful earthquake sent a 6-foot-high tsunami crashing into a beach resort on Indonesia's Java island Monday, killing at least five people and causing extensive damage to hotels, restaurants and homes, the president and witnesses said.
People ran up a hill to escape the wave on Pangandaran beach in west Java, a woman who identified herself only as Teti told el-Shinta radio station.
"All the houses are destroyed along the beach," she said. "Small hotels are completely destroyed and at least one restaurant was washed away."
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told reporters that at least five people were killed.
The tsunami followed a quake that struck deep beneath the Indian Ocean 150 miles southwest of Java's western coast at 3:24 p.m. local time, causing tall buildings to sway as far off as the capital Jakarta.
The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.2, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was followed by a 6.1-magnitude aftershock two hours later.
Transport Minister Hatta Radjasa said he had heard reports about a tsunami striking two seaside towns, and urged people living on Java's southern coast to move inland in an orderly fashion.
"Everyone should move from the beach," he told el-Shinta.
The earthquake had triggered a tsunami warning on Indonesia's Java and Sumatra islands and Australia's Christmas and Cocos islands. "There is a possibility of a destructive local tsunami in the Indian Ocean," Japan's Meteorological Agency said in a statement.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a similar bulletin.
Indonesia is prone to earthquakes because of its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killed at least 216,000 people, nearly half of them in Indonesia's Aceh province.
On May 27, a magnitude-5.9 earthquake devastated a large swath of Java Island, killing more than 5,800 people.
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