TSUNAMI WARNING LIFTED:
PHUKET BEACHES WERE BEING CLEARED!

Just received a ThaiVisa.com alert...
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/TSUNAMI-A ... 53858.html

Says a major 7.7 earthquake has occurred in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia....
and tsunami warnings issued...have been LIFTED
PHUKET BEACHES WERE BEING CLEARED !

http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua ... 10utc5.php

Magnitude 7.7 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2010 April 06 22:15:02 UTC

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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.7
Date-Time

* Tuesday, April 06, 2010 at 22:15:02 UTC
* Wednesday, April 07, 2010 at 05:15:02 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 2.360┬░N, 97.132┬░E
Depth 31 km (19.3 miles) set by location program
Region NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances 200 km (125 miles) WNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
215 km (135 miles) SW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
515 km (320 miles) W of KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
1425 km (880 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.8 km (3.0 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=240, Nph=240, Dmin=317.9 km, Rmss=1.08 sec, Gp= 29┬░,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2010utc5

No more info at this time...
cannot find any news stories on web...
but ThaiVisa did issue alert...

tj

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