[anymouse]

I was wondering if DG would suffer bad damage or not. I thought it was pretty flat and not much is very far above sea level.

I'm sure that once the sub-sea grids started showing off-the-chart seismic readings (and satellite ocean surface measurements), the Navy alerted every ship and base in the Indian ocean to batten down the hatches immediately. (Remember that one way to track subs is by monitoring unusual changes in sub-sea seismic activity and sea surface changes.)

[Capt. Tom]

I thought it was pretty flat and not much is very far above sea level.

It appears that way.
You wouldn't have any trouble identifying it om the air.
What a strange shaped Island.
The landing strip is on the left side of the pic. - tom

[Robert A Cook PE]

But the waves, their reflections, their off-shore slopes, and the initial direction of the wave may have spared DG.

Too many variables to speculate. (As long as the servicemen there are OK, and the infrastructure remains intact.

(My sister was at DG for 1 year in the early 90's, my college roommate there for a little over a year in the early 80's.)