This is sad. Here is what one news article says.

"An international tsunami warning system was started in 1965, after the Alaska quake, designed to advise coastal communities of a potentially killer wave.

Member states include all the major Pacific rim countries in North America, Asia and South America. But because tsunamis are rare in the Indian Ocean, India and Sri Lanka are not part of the system. Scientists said the death toll would have been reduced if they had been."

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many deaths here from the quake in Aceh... major disaster.

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This is sad. Here is what one news article says.

"An international tsunami warning system was started in 1965, after the Alaska quake, designed to advise coastal communities of a potentially killer wave.

Member states include all the major Pacific rim countries in North America, Asia and South America. But because tsunamis are rare in the Indian Ocean, India and Sri Lanka are not part of the system. Scientists said the death toll would have been reduced if they had been."

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26 the unlucky number for india!

CHENNAI: The 26th day of any month seems to be jinxed, if one takes into account the tremors occurring on that day.


The Gujarat earthquake, which claimed a large number of lives, occurred on January 26, 2001.

A year later on January 26, Chennai and some parts of Tamil Nadu felt a tremor with the epicentre being off the coast of Pondicherry.

Coastal areas of Tamil Nadu experienced a tremor on Sunday morning, December 26.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/971335.cms</font>

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