More Quakes Warned as Java Deaths Rise

An Indonesian scientist on July 19, 2006 warned of more earthquake-triggered tsunamis hitting some parts of Sumatra Island and southern coastal areas of Java as the death toll from Monday’s tsunami rose to 525.

“Based on our mapping, potential big earthquakes and tsunamis may happen because some stresses in the Java trench have not been released.” geologist Yusuf Surachman Djajadihardja told Kyodo News. Full story …

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