UNFOUNDED RUMORS OF ANOTHER KILLER WAVE SPARKED MASS PANIC WEDNESDAY IN THE TOWN HARDEST HIT BY THE INDONESIAN TSUNAMI AS AMATEUR VIDEO CAPTURED SOME OF THE HORROR OF THE DISASTER. THE DEATH TOLL ROSE TO 531, WITH MORE THAN 270 MISSING. THE VIDEO SHOWS CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE SURF AND BUILDING SANDCASTLES FOLLOWED BY BRIEF FOOTAGE OF A WALL OF BLACK WATER BEARING DOWN ON THE BEACH IN PANGANDARAN. THE CAMERA PERSON THEN RUNS AWAY AMID SCREAMS. THE VIDEO WAS SHOWN ON METRO TV. THE TSUNAMI WAS TRIGGERED BY A MAGNITUDE 7.7 UNDERSEA EARTHQUAKE AND SMASHED INTO A 180-KILOMETER (110-MILE) STRETCH OF BEACH ON JAVA, WHICH WAS UNAFFECTED BY THE DEVASTATING 2004 ASIAN TSUNAMI. THE WAVES, MORE THAN TWO METERS HIGH, REACHED 200 METERS (YARDS) INLAND IN SOME PLACES, DESTROYING SCORES OF HOUSES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS. CARS, MOTORBIKES AND BOATS WERE LEFT MANGLED IN FISHING NETS, FURNITURE AND OTHER DEBRIS.
