NEWS: 9.0 Quake, Tsunamis Strike SE Asia - 275,000+ Dead

Bad news are still coming
Report from East African coast devastated by tsunami:

Most buildings on the Somali island of Hafun were swept away by the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami, an emergency aid relief team has revealed.

Roads washed away by the sea are hampering the delivery of food aid to some 4,500 islanders affected.

Waves which swept 7,000km (4,000 miles) from the epicentre left a trail of smashed buildings and boats along the East African coast.

More than 130 people in East Africa are known to have died in the floods.

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[edit on 29-12-2004 by jazzgul]

Wave sweeps campers out to sea in Western Australia

A woman and her friend are recovering after being swept into the ocean while camping on the Dampier Archipelago in Western Australia.

The women were asleep in their tent on Delambre Island when a wave pulled them into the sea.

They managed to unzip their tent and swim back to shore.

The husband of one of the women, Greg Stott, says the group has camped at the spot many times and had never seen anything like that before.

"We noticed around 6:00 o'clock that night - the low tide was around about that time - you could just see the water was rising by a foot then lowering by a foot," Mr Stott said.

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Very lucky people.

The U.S. State Department is working to find thousands of Americans unaccounted for days after powerful tsunamis struck countries bordering the Indian Ocean.

No exact numbers are available, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said, but "we're working at any given moment 2,000 to 3,000 names now that we're looking for."

"We shouldn't assume the worst. ... There are often Americans who are outside of the regions that directly suffered who might not have gotten in touch."

Missing

Southeastern coast of India.... new tsunami alert issued

Per SkyNews

5.7 2004/12/29 21:12:59 5.202 94.713 25.8 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
5.6 2004/12/29 18:50:21 5.539 94.345 38.6 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
5.0 2004/12/29 13:58:52 38.509 141.913 54.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.6 2004/12/29 13:20:25 28.887 130.437 7.7 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
6.2 2004/12/29 05:56:51 8.781 93.218 30.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
6.1 2004/12/29 01:50:56 9.076 93.795 24.9 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
5.8 2004/12/29 01:39:41 8.318 93.184 30.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
5.5 2004/12/28 21:47:27 8.934 93.741 9.5 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
5.8 2004/12/28 21:07:36 53.291 -173.815 251.4 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
5.4 2004/12/28 19:55:12 9.415 93.659 30.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
5.4 2004/12/28 17:11:16 9.921 93.805 46.3 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

earthquake.usgs.gov...

www.seismo.ethz.ch...

30Dec2004 04:27:39.0 6.1N 94.1E 33 mb=5.5 A*EMS NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA 0559
30Dec2004 04:27:42.4 5.1N 94.2E 75 mb=5.7 A*NEI NORTHERN SUMATERA, INDONES0454
30Dec2004 04:27:40.1 6.2N 94.4E 30 mb=5.5 A*ODC NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA 0451
30Dec2004 04:27:50.0 6.0N 91.0E 10 mb=5.3 A*LED NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA 0446

Got a chunk of big ones pretty quick there....

Reuters

The state government in India's Tamil Nadu state, which bore the brunt of the Indian Ocean tsunami, on Thursday issued a tsunami alert and warned people to leave coastal areas.

Police said aftershocks in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, near the center of the huge earthquake that caused Sunday's tsunami, were "likely" to cause high waves.

Witnesses said police sirens were blaring on beaches in Tamil Nadu and residents were running away.

Fortunately Hong Kong wasnt hit, of course its sad for other Asian countries, I know some1 who was in Thailand at the time i hope he is O.K

Oh no.... They issued another tsunami alert on India...I just heard it on the radio.... They are telling people to leave coastal areas...

I am going to search more on this...

What was the approximate height of the first Tsunami?

Originally posted by Muaddib
Oh no.... They issued another tsunami alert on India...I just heard it on the radio.... They are telling people to leave coastal areas...

I am going to search more on this...

Muaddib .... look up 2 posts before yours ^^^

Updates as I get them, of course.


[edit on 30-12-2004 by Banshee]

Originally posted by drunk
What was the approximate height of the first Tsunami?

Twenty to 30 feet as far as I have read

Banshee
Do you get your live seismo at iris.edu? Also, what's been up with the seismo's stateside over the last couple of days? Is it just me or has there been a lot of magmatic activity?

What are they basing this new tsunami alert upon? Does anyone know? There hasn't been any more quakes big enough to generate another tsunami.

Originally posted by FredT

Originally posted by drunk
What was the approximate height of the first Tsunami?

Twenty to 30 feet as far as I have read

I guess that like a 5 storey building then?

Originally posted by electric
What are they basing this new tsunami alert upon? Does anyone know? There hasn't been any more quakes big enough to generate another tsunami.

I guess they are basing it on a big aftershock,this is terrible.

Originally posted by Banshee


Muaddib .... look up 2 posts before yours ^^^

Updates as I get them, of course.


[edit on 30-12-2004 by Banshee]

I didn't read your post Banshee, but either way if it happens again....this is really bad. One of my fears seems to be coming to pass...


There seems to have been big aftershook quakes, which is why they are issuing this alert. i am not finding anything yet on the web about this thou.



[edit on 30-12-2004 by Muaddib]

Originally posted by WyrdeOne
Banshee
Do you get your live seismo at iris.edu? Also, what's been up with the seismo's stateside over the last couple of days? Is it just me or has there been a lot of magmatic activity?

Couple places ... IRIS is good for quick-glance activity, but I use USGS or Redpuma for more detailed info.

I haven't noticed any magmatic activity in the US .... links?

Originally posted by electric
What are they basing this new tsunami alert upon? Does anyone know? There hasn't been any more quakes big enough to generate another tsunami.

Recent strong aftershocks, apparently. They happened in quick succession and were fairly powerful. The info is still kind of thin, but people are being moved at least 2 miles inland.

What are they basing this new tsunami alert upon? Does anyone know? There hasn't been any more quakes big enough to generate another tsunami.

This may be case of shutting the barn door after the horse is out. No doubt they are a bit shy after they did get warned but were unable to pass on the previous Tsunami info.

[edit on 12/30/04 by FredT]