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Update 13:38 UTC: A lot of people are still unaccounted for as it is feared that they have been washed out in the sea. We at ER fear that the final toll may even reach approx. 1000 as in similar earlier earthquakes the early toll had to be multiplied by 2.5 to 4. Lets hope that we are wrong.
 

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Indonesia’s geophysics agency lifted a tsunami warning 34 minutes after it was first issued following a major earthquake that sent huge waves crashing into the northeastern coast of Sulawesi island, killing hundreds and leaving thousands more homeless.

The geophysics agency (BMKG) faced criticism on Saturday on social media, with many questioning if the tsunami warning was lifted too soon.

The agency said it followed standard operating procedure and made the call to “end” the warning based on data available from the closest tidal sensor, around 200 km (125 miles) from Palu.

“We have no observation data at Palu. So we had to use the data we had and make a call based on that,” said Rahmat Triyono, head of the earthquakes and tsunami center at BMKG.

He said the closest tide gauge, which measures changes in sea level, only recorded an “insignificant”, six-centimeter (2.5 inches) wave and did not account for the giant waves near Palu.

“Based on the videos circulating on social media, we estimate the tsunami happened before the warning officially ended,” Triyono said.

Baptiste Gombert, a geophysics researcher at University of Oxford, said it was “surprising” the quake had generated a tsunami.

Friday’s quake was recorded as a “strike-slip” event where neighboring tectonic plates move horizontally against each other, rather than vertically, which is what usually generates a tsunami.

“There is some speculation that there was a landslide under the sea which displaced a lot of water and caused the tsunami,” he said, adding the narrow bay may have concentrated the force of the waves as they moved toward the shore.

The communications ministry said repeated warnings were sent out to residents via text message, but Nugroho said the quake had brought down the area’s power and communications lines and there were no sirens along the coast.

Indonesians took to social media to question the BMKG’s move to lift the tsunami warning and a failure to release information in a timely manner.

-> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...sors-missed-huge-waves-official-idUSKCN1M90GH
 

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UPDATE

At least 1,203 dead after a 7.7 Magnitude #Earthquake Rocked Indonesia
The Indonesian government has given permission for people affected to loot food and drinks in #Palu. The government will reimburse shops.
 

Ricardo Carvalho

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Não acredito que as informações oficiais actuais estejam correctas, neste momento já será noite em Palu, e a manhã ira trazer com certeza outra realidade! Mas espero estar enganado! :pray:

Conhecendo eu a realidade Indonésia, as primeiras imagens faziam.me temer isto, e o que está para vir! :unsure: Infelizmente estava certo! Sad, sad, sad :(

https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mu...s-de-sismos-e-tsunami-na-indonesia-sobe-para-844?utm_source=notification&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=1090761
 

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Tsunami warnings to the local population of quake-hit Sulawesi island failed on the “last mile”, causing many to be surprised by waves as high as six metres (20 feet), according to a German research centre that developed a warning system used by Indonesia.

-> https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-i...-german-geosciences-centre-idUKKCN1MB2XE?il=0

All but 23 of the confirmed deaths were in Palu, a city of about 380,000 people at the head of a long, narrow bay on the west coast of Sulawesi island.

-> https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-i...ia-as-bodies-lie-unclaimed-idUKKCN1MB2GQ?il=0
 
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