A tsunami warning has been issued for Indonesia after a 7.5 earthquake hit tonight at 9:45 PM local time (7:42 AM PST, Oct. 25, 2010) according to MSNBC.
It said the quake, which hit at around 10:42 am ET (9:42 pm local time) was located 149 miles south of Padang. . . A tsunami warning was issued by the Indonesian earthquake monitoring agency.
The quake’s epicenter was reportedly 8.8 miles deep and located near the Mentawi Islands. Apparently, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says the “historical data suggested any wave it created would not be destructive.”
[Link: MSNBC]
not destructive. . . unless your one of the more than 150 dead. nice call.
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