Yesterday, a tsunami alert was given to 28 countries after a severe earth quake and some strong aftershocks occurred some miles inside the sea near the shore of Indonesia's Sumatra Island. According to the US Geological Survey it is said that 8.7-magnitude quake hit 431 km's off the city of Banda Aceh at 6.38pm AEST, and was followed by another undersea quake measured at 8.2.
Panicky residents from the place and other nearby countries poured into the streets, after feeling the shock and hearing the warning ( 9.1-magnitude quake in 2004 that unleashed an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 220,000 people including 170,000 in Aceh province ).
http://ptwc.weather.gov/
Yesterday's earthquake was felt as far afield as Thailand, where skyscrapers in the capital Bangkok swayed. India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Reunion Island, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma all issued alerts or evacuation orders which were later lifted after some hours of time.
Small tsunamis hit Indonesia and Thailand, with waves of up to 80cm in Aceh, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. Even Eastern Srilanka and Southern India felt the same effects.
And the simple concept of tsunami is, whenever there is an earthquake under the sea it doesn't mean that there's going to be tsunami coming on. If it is severe one, then there is a high possibility only; that's all, no 100% confirm at all.
Is this going to be the end of our World...???
We'll wait and see how 2012 passes by...
