Tsunami Alert !!! (Powerful Quake Hits Indonesia 8.2)

[SAN_APIIT]

Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway strongly in the capital, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 and hit at about 4:40 p.m. (7:10 a.m. EDT). It was centered 9.7 miles underground in the southern Sumatra area, the USGS said.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for wide areas of the region.

"Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean Basin," it said.

In Jakarta, tall buildings swayed for several minutes, and occupants rushed down the stairs to escape.

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

In December 2004, a massive earthquake struck off Sumatra island and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, including 160,000 people in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh.

 

[auk]

malakeliyai mama tv eke dakka

 

[Lich]

happa... CNN says its 7.9

 

[SAN_APIIT]

happa... CNN says its 7.9

ya but defence.lk says 8.2

 

[dj9988]

Ya. i confirmed that news.
[email protected]

 

[SAN_APIIT]

malakeliyai mama tv eke dakka

ou macho, but if the plates are not shacked in a vertical direction it's ok;

 

[hemalsilva]

ou macho, but if the plates are not shacked in a vertical direction it's ok;

EHENAM AULAK WENA EKAK NEHE

 

[SAN_APIIT]

EHENAM AULAK WENA EKAK NEHE

Ou machchang, Just a warning ne.
namuth sea side kattiya poddak ready pita hitiyata waradak na neda.

 

[shaaj]

EHENAM AULAK WENA EKAK NEHE

AULAK NETHI WENNA BEHE MACHAN...MEKA GIYASARE WAGEMA WENNA IDA THIYENAWA...

MOKADA MEKA WELA THIYENNE MUHUDU MATTAME INDALA 19 MILES WITHARAI...

 

[Ranhiru]

CRAP!!

 

[Blacksparrow]

MCHAN WEDDI HAANIYAK WEYDA???

 

[hemalsilva]

AULAK NETHI WENNA BEHE MACHAN...MEKA GIYASARE WAGEMA WENNA IDA THIYENAWA...

MOKADA MEKA WELA THIYENNE MUHUDU MATTAME INDALA 19 MILES WITHARAI...

TSUNAMI EKAK PATAN GANNE POLOWA UDA IDAN PAHALATA ETHIL UNOTH THAMAI, HARAHATA ETHIL UNATA TSUNAMI EKAK WENNA IDAK NEHE.POTHE HETIYATA.

CHECK THIS
http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43745&highlight=tsunami

 

[G-Force]

TSUNAMI EKAK PATAN GANNE POLOWA UDA IDAN PAHALATA ETHIL UNOTH THAMAI, HARAHATA ETHIL UNATA TSUNAMI EKAK WENNA IDAK NEHE.POTHE HETIYATA.

CHECK THIS
http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43745&highlight=tsunami

A unata me dan sirasa news wala kiuwa ban..tsunami enna puluwan samaharavita kiyala..

 

[SAN_APIIT]

CRAP!!

Mae mokada mae. waradila hari awoth alla gannamko...

 

[rukshankb]

Lankawate effect ekak thiyey

 

[MegaBlaze]

Tsunami warning issued

Tsunami warning is issued for the northern, eastern, southern and south-western costal area of Sri Lanka. The Metrological department warns all people to evacuate cost as soon as possible and fine safe places.

According to the The U.S. Geological Survey a powerful earth quack has ocured in the southern Sumatra area in 4.40 sri Lanka time.

The effect of the earth quack is reported to be 8.2.

The met department say that a tidel wave if cause by the earth quack will affect Sri Lanka between 7.45 p.m 8:30 p.m
Powerful Quake Hits Indonesia

Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) - A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway strongly in the capital, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 and hit at about 4:40 p.m. in Sri Lankan (7:10 a.m. EDT). It was centered 9.7 miles underground in the southern Sumatra area, the USGS said.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for wide areas of the region.

"Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean Basin," it said.

In Jakarta, tall buildings swayed for several minutes, and occupants rushed down the stairs to escape.

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

In December 2004, a massive earthquake struck off Sumatra island and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, including 160,000 people in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh.

 

[hemalsilva]

A unata me dan sirasa news wala kiuwa ban..tsunami enna puluwan samaharavita kiyala..

ENNA PULUWAN, API DANNE NEHENE KOHOMA WENAWADA KIYALA

 

[gazaly]

Magnitude 7.9
Date-Time

* Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 11:10:26 UTC
* Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 06:10:26 PM at epicenter


Location 4.517°S, 101.382°E

Depth 30 km (18.6 miles) set by location program
Region SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances 130 km (80 miles) SW of Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
410 km (255 miles) SW of Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia
620 km (385 miles) WNW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
695 km (435 miles) SSW of SINGAPORE

 

[x-pert]

UPDATE

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 in magnitude has struck near southern Indonesia, triggering a small tsunami, Brian Shiro of the National Oceanic and Atmopheric Administration's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center told CNN.

He said it measured about two feet high, much smaller than the devastating tsunami that struck in 2004, killing more than 200,000.

It was recoreded in Padang, on Sumatra, several hundred miles northeast of the epicenter, Shiro said.

A tsunami watch has been issued for all Indian Ocean areas including Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen and Kenya.

The earthquake struck at 1810 local time (1110 GMT) in Bengkulu province.

Several skyscrapers in Jakarta were rocked by the quake, which came at the end of the work day, said Andy Saputra, CNN producer in Jakarta.

"It's pretty strong and people are being evacuated from the tall buildings," he said.

Jakarta is 605 km (375 miles) southeast of the epicenter. The epicenter is believed to be Bengkulu Province in southern Sumatra.

Although some employees were too afraid to leave their offices, companies ordered immediate emergency evacuations, Saputra said.

Workers exited structures via fire stairs and went into the street, away from buildings and other potential dangers, he added.

The Financial Times' John Aglionby, speaking from Jakarta, told CNN: "I was up on the 16th floor of a skyscraper... I heard the blinds flapping and the windows first and the chairs were shaking and everything, and realised that we had to get out."

A resident of Bengkulu province told CNN: "Everyone is running out their houses in every direction."

 

[peemy]

7:30 - 8:00 athara sunamiyak wenna puluwan kiyala kiyanne eththada?