Indonesian Tsunami Kills 112

Sermo vester semper sit in gratia, sale conditus, ut sciatis quomodo oporteat vos unicuique respondere. (Colossians 4:6)

CNN reports at least 112 people were killed and 502 others were missing after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Sumatra on Monday and triggered a tsunami, Indonesian officials said Tuesday.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake generated a "significant" tsunami.

Nine Australians on board a tourist vessel that had been feared missing were confirmed to be safe, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.

The Perfect Wave, a surf travel company that said it had 32 clients in the area, also described the wave in a statement as about 3 meters (10 feet) high, and said it washed through a bay where two boats with clients on board were docked.

One boat hit the other, which caught on fire, and all the guests jumped overboard.

Nine guests and five crew members were washed into the jungle and took more than an hour to make their way to safety, the company said.

The tsunami was an effect of the earthquake.

Hopefully, most people know the signs of a tsunami and how to escape.

"Et sicut factum est in diebus Noe, ita erit et in diebus Filii hominis", Luke 17:26.