[berryripple]

Seems to be breaking news right now.

My dad was just waiting in Phuket airport, Thailand when the tsunami warning came on a few minutes ago and they had emergency boarding and got on the plane immediately.

Powerful magnitude

[Pride]

Here's something

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17675399

and apparently it's been revised down to 8.7.

[Aramiss18]

US Geological survey says Tsunami "unlikely".

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(Original post by Aramiss18)
US Geological survey says Tsunami "unlikely".

Everyone else seems to be issuing tsunami warnings though..

[berryripple]

Supposedly Phuket, Thailand will be affected in under 3 hours.

[Sgt.Incontro]

Hope it doesn't turn out bad.

EDIT:

For those interested in the first report issued, it is here.

[tooambitious]

(Original post by berryripple)
Seems to be breaking news right now.

My dad was just waiting in Phuket airport, Thailand when the tsunami warning came on a few minutes ago and they had emergency boarding and got on the plane immediately.

Powerful magnitude

thank goodness for that

[Papermate15]

And thank goodness for the warning system.

[bmqib]

I am in burma now, i felt the earthquake!

[blacklistmember]

people felt it slightly in sri lanka as well

[PrinceyJ]

Hopefully the resulting waves will not reach tsunami level. The 2004 tsunami was horrendous.

[medic_armadillo7]

I'm kinda worried now, as I've got friends there at the moment.

[Scatach]

Hopefully everything turns out ok for the people who live there. David Cameron is visiting too, so I wonder what'll happen with him coming back.

[berryripple]

(Original post by Aramiss18)
US Geological survey says Tsunami "unlikely".

Signs of one approaching Thailand - receding water etc.

[snehame]

I just felt it here in Chennai! :O Was writing an exam. That was some scary s h i t!

[Hoppingbeans]

In the country right now, but on another island and did not feel it - hope another tragedy like the Boxing Day tsunami will not happen again

[Cetacea]

The BBC have reported that the magnitude has been downgraded to an 8.6 by the USGS. The aftershock was powerful - 8.3.

[acedlol]

Aftershocks of 8.3 and 8.8 according to reuters.

Aftershocks?

[D-Box]

Thankfully the tsunami alert has been lifted in Aceh, India and Sri Lanka. Hopefully it'll settle down without becoming a major disaster. [Source: BBC]

[Cetacea]

It seems that the warning systems in place by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre were effective in getting people to high land and away from buildings. The warning systems were put in place after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami because this tragic disaster highlighted their importance, showing that we have learnt something from it.