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Magnitude 7.7 - SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA - Tsunamis formed.
http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usqgaf.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060717/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake
The earthquake was located in the Sunda Trench and was particularly strong (7.7 Mag) and shallow - hence the tsunami.
North coast of Australia may experience lesser tsunami.
http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usqgaf.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060717/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake sent a 6-foot-high tsunami crashing into beach resorts on Indonesia's Java island Monday, killing at least 69 people and leaving scores missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground, officials and witnesses said.
Regional agencies had issued bulletins that the 7.7-magnitude undersea earthquake was strong enough to send a killer wave steaming toward the country worst hit by the 2004 tsunami, but they did not reach the victims because the island has no warning system.
The hardest-hit area appeared to be Pangandaran, an idyllic beach resort long popular with local and foreign tourists, where witnesses said people shouted " Tsunami! Tsunami!" and climbed trees or crowded inland mosques as the wave approached.
The earthquake was located in the Sunda Trench and was particularly strong (7.7 Mag) and shallow - hence the tsunami.
North coast of Australia may experience lesser tsunami.
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