Tsunami hits Indonesia

[Jman888]

At least 160 missing after tsunami hits Indonesia

 

(Reuters) - At least 160 people, mostly women and children, are missing from an Indonesian village that was pounded by an enormous wave after an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra caused a local tsunami, officials said on Tuesday.

 

The 7.5 magnitude quake hit 78 km west of South Pagai in the Mentawai islands late Monday and destroyed most buildings in the coastal village of Betu Monga, said Hardimansyah, an official with the regional branch of the Department of Fisheries.

 

"Of the 200 people living in that village, only 40 have been found. 160 are still missing, mostly women and children," he told Reuters by phone.

 

"We have people reporting to the security post here that they could not hold onto their children, that they were swept away. A lot of people are crying."

 

Hardimansyah, who has only one name, said in the nearby village of Malakopa, at least one person was confirmed dead and two others missing. He said 80 percent of the houses in the area were damaged and food supplies were low.

 

Local police were searching for missing people and setting up emergency posts, said Ronald, a police officer at Sikakap district police station.

 

"We are predicting that people will need food supplies and shelter. The rain is coming down very hard, the wind is very strong," he said.

 

Mudjiarto, the head of the disaster response unit at the Health Ministry, told Reuters that two bodies had been found near Sipora island and that several people were still missing.

 

In South Pagai island, waves penetrated about 600 meters into coastal villages, while in North Pagai island, waves reached to the roof of local houses, he said.

 

A tourist boat carrying between eight and 10 Australians has been out of radio contact since the quake occurred, according to a statement issued by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

 

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in an email on Monday that a significant tsunami was created by the quake.

 

In December 2004, a tsunami caused by an earthquake of more than 9 magnitude off Sumatra killed more than 226,000 people. It was the deadliest tsunami on record.

 

(Reporting by Sunanda Creagh and Telly Nathalia; Editing by Andrew

 

Marshall)http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69P0QN20101026

[Jman888]

we are worried about the haze and the flood at orchard road

[Maxus-MIFA9]

but last night news flash reported that it was an underground quake and no Tsunami reported ........

Edited October 26, 2010 by Picnic06

[Porker]

Jman just took a dump and the sai created the tsunami in his toilet bowl lah

[Jman888]

but last night news flash reported that it was an underground quake and no Tsunami reported ........

 

don't understand why it took so long to reach the shore ...

[Jman888]

Jman just took a dump and the sai created the tsunami in his toilet bowl lah

 

if my sai has such a BIG impact, i would save it for something else [rolleyes]

[Maxus-MIFA9]

CNA latest : 23 dead, 167 missing after Indonesia quake

Posted: 26 October 2010 1635 hrs

 

 

JAKARTA - Twenty-three people are dead and 167 missing after a powerful earthquake hit Indonesia's west coast, an official from the country's Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday.

 

The quake struck late Monday near the Mentawai islands off the west coast of the island of Sumatra, triggering tsunami waves.

 

"Twenty-three people were killed in the Mentawai islands. One hundred and sixty-seven have gone missing," the official, Arlyno, told AFP.

 

- AFP/ir

 

 

 

[Shorty]

this means that the tsunami warning system screwed up. cos wat i read was the alert was lifted after 1 hr. could hv saved all these lives if the system actually worked.

[So_nice]

why this time the pacific tsunami alert did not go off?

[Celicar]

this means that the tsunami warning system screwed up. cos wat i read was the alert was lifted after 1 hr. could hv saved all these lives if the system actually worked.

 

Looks like Singaporeans are not the only complacent lot.

[Galantspeedz]

God bless the souls

[GoodCar]

Jakarta flooded yesterday evening, nothing to do with this Tsunami right?

[Dpsk]

just imagine how much the over inflated property asset will cost if one earthquake hit SGP?

[relacker]

just imagine how much the over inflated property asset will cost if one earthquake hit SGP?

 

 

 

and sentosa's expensive bungalows kena hit once then shiok shiok liao

[Antlau]

hahaha... on the contrary, i think the property prices will fall drastically if there is a tsunami in Singapore.

 

Why? Everybody would scramble out of the country, fearing that the country would go under the waters....hahahaha...

[Dpsk]

wonder does the policy maker plan for this or just call it a once in 50 year affair if earthquake really hit.

in fact i am not so much worry about earthquake, rather the volcano ash raining down will make the haze lately looks like childs play.

no one can go work or school, entire economy shuts down for a few weeks.

do they plan for these stuff anyway?

 

[Pltang]

still got chance to run meh? singapore like one hit, gone le

[Bystander50]

why this time the pacific tsunami alert did not go off?

 

Because the quake happened in the Indian ocean.