"region was lucky to have escaped tsunami"
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"There have been a series of tremors ranging in intensity from 4.9 to 7.8 since Wednesday’s 8.4 quake, repeatedly setting off tsunami warnings in Indian Ocean countries.
There have, however, been no reports of the sort of widespread tsunami that caused the death and devastation of the huge waves in 2004, which followed a quake of over 9 magnitude.
Warning against complacencySeismologist Mike Turnbull of Australia’s Central Queensland University warned against complacency over the frequent tsunami warnings.
“The problem is, these were very large earthquakes. They had every capability to generate large tsunami,” Turnbull said.
Seismologist Turnbull said the region was lucky to have escaped a tsunami similar to the one that killed more than 280,000 people in 2004.
This view was echoed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who told reporters on Thursday that damage from the initial quake was “relatively less” than feared.
The quakes in the last few days in Sumatra were felt in neighboring Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand." (Quoted from msn article)
"There have been a series of tremors ranging in intensity from 4.9 to 7.8 since Wednesday’s 8.4 quake, repeatedly setting off tsunami warnings in Indian Ocean countries.
There have, however, been no reports of the sort of widespread tsunami that caused the death and devastation of the huge waves in 2004, which followed a quake of over 9 magnitude.
Warning against complacencySeismologist Mike Turnbull of Australia’s Central Queensland University warned against complacency over the frequent tsunami warnings.
“The problem is, these were very large earthquakes. They had every capability to generate large tsunami,” Turnbull said.
Seismologist Turnbull said the region was lucky to have escaped a tsunami similar to the one that killed more than 280,000 people in 2004.
This view was echoed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who told reporters on Thursday that damage from the initial quake was “relatively less” than feared.
The quakes in the last few days in Sumatra were felt in neighboring Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand." (Quoted from msn article)
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