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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Update on latest SE Asia earthquake
2005-03-28
Looks like they've dodge the bullet water-wise - any tsunami headed for Banda Aceh should have arrived by now - but other reports say there's widespread damage to buildings and dozens of lives lost in Indonesia. Don't know about India yet. Hat tip: Drudge.

SYDNEY : A 10-centimetre tsunami rolled into Australia's remote Cocos Island early on Tuesday following a powerful earthquake off Indonesia, Australian authorities reported.

"The Bureau of Meteorology has reported a 10-centimetre tsunami was measured by the tide gauge at Cocos Island," Geoscience Australia said.

*snip*

Cocos was hit by a 50-centimetre tsunami following the December 26 earthquake off Sumatra, but no damage was caused.

Cocos Island lies south of Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. - AFP

Posted by:Barbara Skolaut

#6  Consistant. Quake energy was about 1/6, and the wave is reported 1/5 the size.
Posted by: mojo   2005-03-28 6:00:20 PM  

#5  I think they mean 4" running from epicentre. They start tiny but fast
Posted by: Shipman   2005-03-28 5:02:54 PM  

#4  Article indicates the tsunami from this quake is about 1/5th of 12/26... sounds like minor flooding in Sri Lanka.
Posted by: Dishman   2005-03-28 4:37:45 PM  

#3  They dropped Michael Moore from the Gulfstream V, Frank....
Posted by: Raj   2005-03-28 4:22:58 PM  

#2  a 4" Tsunami?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-03-28 4:17:37 PM  

#1  Sorry, editors - meant this to go on page 3.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-03-28 4:14:33 PM  

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