Tsunami panic in south
Wild rumours of another tsunami set off panic among residents in the southern coastal areas, prompting the Meteorological department to issue an announcement that there was no fear of a tsunami.

Officials at the Met. department and the Geological and Mines Survey Bureau said they received scores of telephone calls, inquiring about the possible tsunami. Telephone lines in the south were also congested with panic-stricken people trying to contact relatives.

State geologist S. J. Kalubanda said the people might have got into a panic after seeing high tidal waves. Matara Police Emergency Unit said that people in the Kottegoda area had seen rising waves for about 15 minutes.

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