UPDATE: Earthquakes Continue to Trouble Indonesia
Concerning the fact that there was no devastating tsunami: "It's[a] quirk of nature that this is how it happened. It could quite easily have been the other way."
(Jakarta, Indonesia)?[UPDATED: 9/14-9:15am PT] The southeast Asian region that suffered the most horrific tsunami back in 2004, continues to hope that another would not follow a series of earthquakes in the last few days.
So far, the quakes, the largest of which registered 8.4 on Wednesday, and 7.8 and 6.2 on Thursday, have only caused one significant tsunami which measured about 10 feet, which did cause some damage to outlying houses in the area. However, although tremors continue to trouble the region, and tsunami warnings come and go, there has not yet been a destructive wave to the extent that many are fearing.(Photo: AP)
At last report, the earthquakes were responsible for thirteen deaths, with the hardest hit region being that of Padang, in West Sumatra.
Australian seismologist, Mike Turnbull, noted that the tsunami, generated by the quakes, could have been much worse. "It's [a] quirk of nature that this is how it happened. It could quite easily have been the other way," said Turnbull, citing the fact that the reacting water pushed further out to sea instead of toward the land.
