Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Tsunami alarm weer ingetrokken na zware beving Oost Timor

6.2-magnitude earthquake shakes East Timor
Temblor triggers tsunami warning; no large waves immediately reported



updated 4:12 a.m. ET Jan. 30, 2008
DILI, East Timor - A strong earthquake rattled East Timor on Wednesday, and an Indonesian monitoring agency said it had the potential to trigger a tsunami — but there were no immediate reports of large waves.

The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.2, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Indonesia's Meteorological and Geophysics agency said the quake was powerful enough to generate a tsunami.