TSUNAMI STRIKES PANGANDARAN, WEST JAVA INDONESIA

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TSUNAMI STRIKES PANGANDARAN, WEST JAVAINDONESIA

• JULY 17, 2006

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LOCATION MAP
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TSUNAMI

• The quake struck at 324 p.m.
• The epicenter was located 250 km (150 miles) off
  Indonesias southern coast
• After review, the initial magnitude of the
  earthquake was revised upward from magnitude 7.1
  to magnitude 7.7.

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PANGANDARAN, A BEACH RESORT BEFORE THE TSUNAMI
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PANGANDARAN AFTER THE TSUNAMI STRUCK
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PANGANDARAN AFTER THE TSUNAMI STRUCK
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PANGANDARAN AFTER THE TSUNAMI STRUCK
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PANGANDARAN AFTER THE TSUNAMI STRUCK
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TSUNAMI

• West Java, which will have no tsunami warning
  system until 2007, was spared by its location
  from the tsunami run up associated with the
  January 26, 2004 Great Sumatra earthquake and
  Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated 12 countries
  in the Indian Ocean basin and killed 230,000.
• But, West Java was not spared this time.

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JULY 17, 2006 TSUNAMI

• At least 531 were reported killed with 280
  missing.
• Extensive damage to hotels, beach front homes,
  and boats occurred as a result of the
  2-meter-high (6 foot) wave that ran up about 300
  meters inland in some places.
• Providing a crude warning, the ocean withdrew
  about 225 meters from the shore approximately
  one-half hour before the tsunami wave struck
  Pangandaran.

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PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO ADDRESSES
NATION JULY 17, 2006
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INDONESIAN SOLDIERS ASSIST AFTER TSUNAMI
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PANGANDARAN TEMPORARY MORGUE AFTER TSUNAMI
STRIKES
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BANJAR, INDONESIA HOSPITAL TREATING INJURED
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RUMORS CAUSE PANIC JULY 19, 2006

• Rumors of another killer wave sparked mass panic
  on Wednesday in Pangandaran, the town hardest hit
  by the tsunami.
• Release of an amateur video that captured some of
  the reality and horror of the disaster helped to
  fuel the panic.
• More than 1,000 people ran from the beach area or
  jumped on bikes or in cars and headed inland amid
  shouts of The water is coming!

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REVIEW OF WARNING SYSTEM JULY 19, 2006

• The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
  and Japans Meteorological Agency issued warnings
  of a possible tsunami about 15 minutes after
  Mondays quake.
• The tsunami struck Java about 45 minutes later
  before authorities had time to warn anyone on the
  coast.
• With no warning sirens or alarms on the beaches,
  getting the message to significant numbers of
  residents and tourists would likely have been
  impossible.