Thailand spared
Thailand was unaffected by a powerful earthquake that sent deadly two-metre waves crashing into the Indonesian island of Java yesterday.
"There's no impact on Thailand," said Smith Thammasaroj, director of the National Disaster Warning Centre.Thailand's Meteorological Department reported the 7.2-magnitude quake at 3.19pm. An aftershock measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale followed nearly an hour later. The quake's epicentre was in Java, where there were reports of deaths, injuries and property damage. Arun Kerdsom, Phuket's disaster prevention and mitigation chief, said the quake happened 2,128 kilometres away, and posed no threat to Thailand. Phuket has 18 (earthquake and tsunami) early-warning towers in place.
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