[Barte45]

Huge casualties are being reported following tidal waves and earth tremors in countries across southern and eastern Asia. The tidal waves are stemming off the 8.5 earthquake that rocked Indonesia earlier today. More on BBC News.

[Barte45]

Sorry about the repeat of the article.

[bahblahbah]

Any word on whether or not this is Bush's fault?

[Kurt_D]

Yet good news for Surfers...

[Calvin Locke]

Tidal waves are caused by tides....Tsumanis are caused by earthquakes, landslides, asteroid/meteor
strikes, volcanoes...

Tsunamis can travel at 500mph or more.

[cmsgop]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
0315 PM HST 25 DEC 2004

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0259 PM HST 25 DEC 2004
COORDINATES - 3.4 NORTH 95.7 EAST
LOCATION - OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATERA
MAGNITUDE - 8.0 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

[VNam68]

Ping

[Founding Father]

10 earthquakes now of 5.8 or higher in the last 3.5 hours; latest about 7.5.

[backhoe]

Strong Quake, Tsunami Hit Southern Asia, 650 Killed
Reuters - 40 minutes ago
A huge earthquake hit southern Asia on Sunday, setting off a tsunami that drowned hundreds in Sri Lanka and India, sent Indonesians rushing to high ground and washed ...
Southeast Asia hit by earthquake, tsunamis Houston Chronicle
Over 500 dead as huge earthquake wreaks havoc across Asia Khaleej Times
Philippine Daily Inquirer - ABC News - Bloomberg - NEWS.com.au - all 297 related »

[happy_happy_joy_joy]

According to the following website, this earthquake has been changed to an 8.9 magnitude.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

The ring of fire has been very active. Hopefully soon it will be the ring of Holy Ghost fire that they talk about, as Buddhism and Islam continue to collapse under the pressure of Christ's coming Kingdom.

[nicnac]

Do you know if the Lakshadweep group of islands have been affected, they are north of the maldives.