Update: Indonesia reports earthquake...NO tsunami....

[travelerjim]

Breaking News Bulletin on USA - MSNBC news...0900 hours USA Central time...

Indonesia has reported a 6.4 magnitude undersea earthquake with possible tsunami...
No additional info as of yet...just the breaking news bulletin from MSNBC

Please be alert...

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TravelerJim

[travelerjim]

Brief tsunami scare after quake off Indonesia
Epicenter was off Moluccas islands, official reports

MSNBC News Services
Updated: 19 minutes ago

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14569823/ .

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A moderate earthquake rocked parts of southeastern Indonesia on Tuesday, but an initial report of a possible tsunami was later discounted when officials downgraded the tremor.

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The earthquake struck near Indonesia's Moluccas islands, an official at the country's meteorological agency said.

"There is a possibility of a tsunami, but until now we have not received a report that it has happened," Fauzi, head seismologist at the agency, told Reuters when the agency first reported a 6.4 magnitude quake.

The agency later lowered that to 5.4.

TravelerJim

Big surprise. One killer tsunami in 300 years, and the chicken littles will be squawking for the next millennium.

Big surprise. One killer tsunami in 300 years, and the chicken littles will be squawking for the next millennium.

I dont think that's strictly true.
Both Tambora in 1815 and Krakatoa in 1883 resulted in deaths in Thailand.