The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that the Indonesian Earthquake will not pose a immediate tsunami threat to Sri Lankan coastline and the developments are being monitored closely , a senior official said.
Earlier the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a 7.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of western Indonesia. The foreign media reported that earthquake struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a region devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean quake and tsunami, and there were early reports of deaths.
The Australia issued a tsunami watch for parts of its western coast and then cancelled it.
Meanwhile the Sri Lanka Redcross said that though there are no tsunami threat to SriLanka from the Indonesian earthquake, all coastal branches of the international humanitarian agency is on alert & on standby.
The Constitutional Council has approved four nominees, proposed by the President, to fill vacancies in the Court of Appeal.
The Election Commission has announced the plan for leave for both public and private sector employees for the upcoming presidential election on September 21, 2024, without loss of salary or personal leave.
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will reduce fuel prices with effect from midnight today.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today called on ITAK’s Mavai Senathiraja at his residence in Jaffna today.
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