Tsnami in Indonesia kills 20

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Tsnami in Indonesia kills 20

#1 Postby luvwinter » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:15 am

Early this morning a 7.2 Quake of the coast of Java, Indonesia produce a Tsunami that apparently cause damage along the coast and killed 20 people. Since the original quake two more quakes a 6.0 and 6.1 have occured. :(
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#2 Postby Regit » Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:41 pm

Confirmed death toll is now 86.
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#3 Postby Weatherfreak14 » Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:45 pm

WOW. not another one.
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#4 Postby luvwinter » Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:27 pm

What is so sad is that they had put a warning system in place for Indonesia of some sorts and for whatever reason it did not include Java. Also the strength of the original quake has been upgraded to a 7.7 Magnitude.

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#5 Postby senorpepr » Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:20 pm

See the following thread for more information...

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=86928
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