Was the recent tsunami in Indonesia caused by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake?

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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

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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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060719/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_tsunami_51

PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (July 19) -- Rumors of another killer wave sparked mass panic Wednesday in the town hardest hit by the Indonesian tsunami, and amateur video that captured some of the horror of the disaster surfaced. The death toll rose to 531, with more than 270 missing, and a new earthquake shook Indonesia's capital.

More recently - http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060719/ts_nm/quake_indonesia_dc_15

PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - An aftershock in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged region sent hundreds scrambling for high ground on Wednesday as the toll from Monday's disaster climbed to 550.

Rescuers pulled bodies from the debris and aid trickled into worst-hit Pangandaran town while a search continued for about 275 people still missing after the tsunami smashed into a 300-km (185 mile) stretch of coast along southern Java.

Meanwhile - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060719/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong earthquake caused tall buildings to sway in the Indonesian capital Wednesday, witnesses said. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 and was centered 24 miles beneath the Sunda straits, said Budi Waluyo, an official at Indonesia's meteorological office said.

Indonesia and much of western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans are at risk for tsunami.