Fortunately the warning of a “widespread destructive tsunami” which
rekindled painful memories of the 2004 disaster in Indonesia, did not become
reality with the highest recorded wave measuring 30 inches.
An 8.2 magnitude aftershock briefly resurrected the tsunami threat but this
quickly passed.
Experts said the earthquakes had failed to trigger a tsunami because the
friction and shaking as the Earth’s tectonic plates slid against one another
was in a horizontal rather than vertical direction.
England cricket star Tim Bresnan, who was today named among the top five world
players of the year, is in the Maldives for his wedding and tweeted about
the possible tsunami.
He wrote: “Just sat around reception in the Maldives with a life jacket
on waiting for the tsunami to hit.
“Not ideal the day before my wedding.”
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