Post by Paddy by Grace on Oct 29, 2010 9:25:01 GMT -7
The tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit at 9:42 p.m., local time, on Monday near the western island of Sumatra. The resulting waves killed more than 300 people. (See an Indonesia map.)
A few hours later the 9,700-foot (3,000-meter) volcano Mount Merapi, on the eastern island of Java, blew a pillar of hot ash and debris into the sky, killing at least 30 people living on its slopes.
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101027-indonesia-tsunami-volcano-eruption-mount-merapi-world-science/