indonesia has been hit by an earthquake of the magnitude of 8.5…
the earthquake has initiated in the sea off the coast of samatra…
government has issued warnings of a tsunami possibility…
let us all pray that the december earthquake does not repeat itself…
I heard about it on TV. The guy was saying that the chances of the earthquake resulting in a tsunami is 50-50. It all depends if the ocean floor surrounding the epicentre is smooth or not. If it has major rises and falls, than a tsunami would take place for sure.
A major earthquake -- with a magnitude 8.7 -- struck off the west coast of Indonesia late Monday, killing hundreds on the island of Nias, but fears of another tsunami like those that devastated the region in late December faded early Tuesday.