tsunami which killed so many people around this region. tsunami alerts were issued for both the earthquakes and didn t appear until a few hours later that no large tsunamis hit any shores. as you said, one small tsunami did hit acaay but it was inconsequential. the first quake 8.6 magnitude struck under the seabed near the island of sumatra. it was felt as far as away as singapore, bangladesh and thailand. they immediately issued a tsunami warning. warning alerts were issued along the coast of indonesia. there were panic in the streets as people tried to escape for higher ground. hospitals were evacuated with patients carried out. tsunami alerts also issued across the indian ocean. here in thailand people were told to evacuate the coast which borders the indian ocean in places like the holiday island of puket with