An Indonesian youth retrieves a mattress from his house destroyed by a powerful earthquake in Bengkulu, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. Three powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, triggering tsunami warnings, damaging hundreds of houses and sending panicked residents fleeing to higher ground. Rescuers feared some victims were trapped beneath the rubble.
An Indonesian youth looks at a crack in the ground following a strong earthquake in Bengkulu, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. More powerful earthquakes jolted Southeast Asia and triggered a regional tsunami warning Thursday causing panicked residents to flee inland. At least 10 people were killed, though toll is expected to rise.
An injured man is carried on a stretcher at a makeshift hospital in Bengkulu, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. More powerful earthquakes jolted Southeast Asia and triggered another regional tsunami warning Thursday, sending panicked residents fleeing inland.
A woman feeds her daughter outside her house leveled by a strong earthquake in Lais, Bengkulu, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. Three powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, triggering tsunami warnings, damaging hundreds of houses and sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground.
An Indonesian girl kisses her cat near her collapsed house in Lais, Bengkulu, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. Three powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, triggering tsunami warnings, damaging hundreds of houses and sending panicked residents fleeing to higher ground.
A man pushes his bicycle past debris swept ashore by a tsunami following an earthquake in the fishing village in Muara Maras, Bengkulu, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. Three powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, sending a 10-foot tsunami crashing ashore, damaging hundreds of houses and terrifying residents.
Residents clean up debris from their house which was destroyed by an earthquake in Muara Maras, Bengkulu, Sumatra island, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. Two more powerful earthquakes jolted Southeast Asia and triggered regional tsunami warnings Thursday causing panic residents fleeing inland. At least 10 people were killed and 49 injured in the twin tremors which caused tall buildings to sway in three countries.
Indonesian office workers evacuate their building following a magnitude 8.2 earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007. The powerful earthquake killed at least 10 people, injured scores and triggered a small tsunami in western Indonesia.
Residents and rescuers inspect a building destroyed by an earthquake in Padang, on Sumatra island, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007. The massive 8.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 10 people and triggered a small tsunami in western Indonesia. Warnings for destructive waves were issued across much of the Indian Ocean region.
Indian policemen on horseback evacuate people from the Marina Beach in Chennai, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007, after a tsunami alert was issued following a massive earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives issued tsunami alerts. Thousands died across the region when the December 2004 tsunami struck following a powerful quake off Sumatra.
Sri Lankan women rush with their belongings to safer area, after the government issued a tsunami warning in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007. The Sri Lankan government has issued a tsunami warning after a massive earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami in the town of Padang and warnings for much of the Indian Ocean region.
A Sri Lankan family sits at a seaside church in Colombo seeking refuge after the authorities sounded a tsunami alert following a powerful earthquake in Indonesia Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007. The government warned residents to leave coastal areas, but the tsunami alert was lifted after three hours.
A Sri Lankan family sits at a seaside church in Colombo seeking refuge after the authorities sounded a tsunami alert following a powerful earth quake in Indonesia Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2007.