[STORMREPORTS] Massive 8.9 Earthquake & Tidal Waves Kill >7000
WEATHER LISTS: Although earthquakes are not weather-related, this is
The largest earthquake recorded in 40 years has devastated southeast Asia.
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(CNN) -- Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the
The initial quake, measuring 8.9 in magnitude, struck about 100 miles (160
"PAIYAGALA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - First the sea was sucked away from the beach.
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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sun Dec 26 2004 - 11:29:28 EST
serious enough to warrant reporting on this list.
Officials now say at least 7,000 people are dead after the 8.9 magnitude
quake triggered tidal waves that slammed into the coastal areas of six
countries.
<http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=2734338&nav=0s3dUYcH>
<http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=&ncl=http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D2734338%26nav%3D0s3dUYcH>
planet in over 40 years have wiped out coastal areas across southeastern
Asia, killing more than 4,800 people -- most of them in Sri Lanka and India.
km) off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island around 7 a.m. Sunday (0000
GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake
Information Center. It is the fifth largest earthquake in recorded history,
according to the NEIC.
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/asia.quake/index.html>
Moments later it came roaring back in a vast 10-metre (33-feet) wall of
water careering at fightening speed, smashing into the coastline and
sweeping away eveything in its path."
<http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041226155847.2lmluv4n.xml>
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