Mr NFLfan said:
6 ft high? Don't they usually get storm waves that will reach 6 ft high? I don't undestand how a 6 ft high wave can kill that many.
Tsunami
I think that was a typo
www.cnn.com report:
(Indonesian radio interviewed a witness named Teti who said the giant waves -- as high as trees -- damaged homes and other buildings, and she reported seeing at least three dead bodies.
An entire hotel was also washed away, Teti said, and everyone ran for higher ground)
Full report:
80 dead as quake triggers tsunami
Monday, July 17, 2006; Posted: 2:38 p.m. EDT (18:38 GMT)
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Indian fishermen bring boats ashore after tsunami warning in Chennai.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A major earthquake off the coast of Java Monday and a tsunami that followed killed at least 80 people, according to Red Cross officials.
Most of the deaths are believed to have been caused by the tsunami, but some people may have died in the initial quake or the crush of people rushing for higher ground as the ocean's waves approached, officials said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there did not appear to be a widespread tsunami threat in the region.
The center's Web site reported that "sea level gauge data indicate that a tsunami was generated" but it added that "based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, plus current sea level readings, a more widespread tsunami threat probably does not exist."
The hardest hit area appeared to be Pangandaran Beach, where 38 bodies were recovered, officials said.
Indonesian radio interviewed a witness named Teti who said the giant waves -- as high as trees -- damaged homes and other buildings, and she reported seeing at least three dead bodies.
An entire hotel was also washed away, Teti said, and everyone ran for higher ground.
Local parliament member Rudi Supriatna Bahro in Ciamis, West Java, appeared on Metro TV Monday saying that while the larger hotels around the Beach remained standing many of the smaller buildings were destroyed.
The International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC) issued a tsunami watch after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 rumbled in the Indian Ocean 220 miles south of Jakarta.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center Web site, the quake hit at 3:19 p.m. (4:19 a.m. ET).
Three strong aftershocks followed over the next three hours, according to the USGS and Indonesian radio.
The ITIC said the tsunami watch is in effect for parts of Indonesia and Australia.
In May, an earthquake in the Indonesian region of Yogyakarta killed more than 6,000 people and displaced more than 200,000, according to United Nations figures.
A massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean in December of 2004 killed more than 200,000 people in 12 countries.