From: David Griffin
Date: 2009-12-27 11:54:39
For some reason boxing day has been used to test weather warfare and other covert naughtiness in recent years. A google search will show how many global incidents have taken place.I was on the look out this year and we get another attempt. Nature doesn’t work to such timetables. www.presstv.ir/detai…
Strong quake hits Indonesia on tsunami anniversary
Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:52:56 GMT
Font size : Much of Indonesia, especially the Sumatra coast, was hit by a tsunami after a 9,2-magnitude earthquake five years ago. A magnitude-6.0 earthquake has shaken Indonesia on the fifth anniversary of the tsunami that devastated the Southeast Asian country. The earthquake struck northwest of Saumlaki in the Tanimbar Islands on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of casualties with the authorities ruling the possibility of a tsunami. A massive tsunami hit the Indonesian island Sumatra’s western coast on December 26, 2004 the tsunami killed nearly 226, 000 people in 13 countries. The quake comes as Asia is marking the fifth anniversary of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami. In Indonesia’s Banda Aceh, survivors gathered in neighborhood mosques or homes in commemoration of those killed. Indonesia was the worst-hit nation with the number of dead and missing towering above 166,000. Over half a million people were rendered homeless in the aftermath of the tsunami in Indonesia. In Thailand, thousands of Buddhist monks gathered in the small fishing village of Ban Nam Khem to pray for the victims of the devastating tsunami. The waves killed nearly half of the village’s population. JR/MMN
