Ruter's reports:
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong undersea earthquake off the southern coast of Indonesia's Java island on Monday triggered a tsunami that swept away buildings at a popular beach resort and killed at least 11 people, according to local news reports.
There were no reports of casualties or damage in any other country. But the news caused panic across the region, which is still recovering from a tsunami less than two years ago that left nearly 230,000 people killed or missing, mostly in Indonesia.
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I think there will be a lot of fatalities because probably they are buried under rubble. The road to the scene is covered by rubbish brought by the waves", policeman Agus said.
A woman who said she was a witness had earlier told Jakarta-based Radio Elshinta that waves came several hundred metres inland at Pangandaran Beach.
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As I prepared this diary the reports of death climbed.
Update: There was no warning on Java after all.
Death toll
climbs.
There was
warning. Time will tell if it was effective.
dramatically shows the size of the quake.
Between Katrina, the crisis in the Middle East and the ineffectiveness of the newly Republicanized Red Cross, it's unlikely that the response will be as massive as necessary.