Tsunami alert after earthquake near Indonesia (Sumatra)

[Moses]

Tsunami alert has been issued after earthquake not far from Sumatra (map)

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia...-tsunami-alert

Fortunately Malaysia and Thailand are shielded from tsunami by Sumatra island itself.

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[dinagam]

Fortunately Malaysia and Thailand are shielded from tsunami by Sumatra island itself.[/QUOTE]

The boxing day tsunami of 2004 devastated swathes of the littoral regions of the Malay peninsula, Thailand & Myanmar facing the Andaman sea.
Tourists visiting these areas should be cognizant of this historical fact.

[Moses]

at 2004 center was much far to north