The Indonesian Tsunami coverage

The Daily is covering this news with a lot of importance because, the damnified island is very close to Australia.

The most important news related to the earthquake and tsunami is about a group of australian surfers that were missing. Nine australians were not found for almost 24 hours after the powerful earthquake triggered the tsunami. They were aboard a surf charter when the earthquake started. They were not comunicated for several hours, until they reached a safe place near Padang and could make a call. Now they are safe and are waiting that the Surf Aid International Foundation rescue them and give them the help needed.


The 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck near the Mentawai Island on Monday night. This generated massive waves that swept ashore, killing at least 23 people and washing away hundreds of homes.

Disaster management officials in Jakarta on Tuesday put the number of missing at 167 but local officials said it was 380. Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is very prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity.

The media used to give more information to the readers consist in photograps, but not in an extensive way. The newspaper only uploaded a image of the charter that the surfers were aboard. 

The charter is called "Southern Cross" and it was run by the denominated Sumatran Surfuriis.