Shortly after the tsunami hit gempat and Japan, Google also helped give a warning to other potential areas experiencing similar disasters.
Google has given a warning, published through its search engine (Google Search). Warning that a sentence which shows the areas which will likely impact of the tsunami disaster hit Japan, including Indonesia.
"Tsunami Alert for New Zealand, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and others. Waves Few expected over the next hours, the caused by 8.9 earthquake in Japan," wrote Google's warning that lies beneath the search field on Friday (11 / 3 / 2011).
Unfortunately, these warnings are written in English, even though the warning clearly displayed not only on Google.com, but also the local Google domains, such as Google.co.id.
Besides Google, Climatology Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has also issued a similar warning.
"The tsunami caused by the earthquake Japan Mag: 8.9 SR, estimated to arrive in North Sulawesi, North Maluku, PAPUA 18:35 pm or 19:35 pm or 20:35 CEST"
Based on a report in The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, some countries also must wapada with subsequent tsunami. Countries that must be extra vigilant is Russia, Marcus Island, and Northern Marianas.
Japan's meteorological agency warned that a tsunami could hit as high as 6m too close to shore Miyagi prefecture, the closest to the epicenter. The agency said the quake occurred at 14:46 o'clock (13:46 Singapore time) Friday at a depth of 10 km, approximately 125 km off the east coast.
The tsunami destroyed many buildings were reported. This is terdahsyat to-7 that occurred throughout history, since 1900. (Srn)
