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NDTV Correspondent | Updated: April 11, 2012 15:21 IST
The quake was felt in Singapore, Thailand and India. High-rise apartments and offices on Malaysia's west coast shook for at least a minute.
In India, tremors were reported in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and the southern part of Chennai. The tremors lasted for a few seconds. In Bhubaneshwar, people were seen running out of their homes and offices. No damage has been reported so far.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the powerful quake was centered 20 miles (33 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor around 308 miles (495 kilometers) from Aceh's provincial capital.
Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that makes the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.
A giant 9.1-magnitude quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people in 13 Indian Ocean countries, including Thailand, Sri Lanka and India.
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Huge quake strikes off Indonesia, tsunami warning issued
JAKARTA |
(Reuters) - An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, sending residents around the region dashing out of their homes and offices in fear.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami watch was in effect for the entire Indian Ocean and individual countries, including Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India, issued tsunami warnings.
People near the coast in six Thai provinces were ordered to higher ground.
The quake struck 308 miles southwest of the city of Banda Aceh, on the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra island, at a depth of 20.5 miles, the U.S. Geological survey said.
Indonesia's disaster management agency said power was down in Aceh province and people were gathering on high ground as sirens warned of the danger.
"The electricity is down, there are traffic jams to access higher ground. Sirens and Koran recitals from mosques are everywhere," said Sutopo, spokesman for the agency.
The quake was felt as far away as the Thai capital, Bangkok, and in southern India, residents said.
Hundreds of office workers in the Indian city of Bangalore left their buildings while the Indian port of Chennai closed down because of the danger of a tsunami, the port said.
The quake was in roughly in the same area as a December 26, 2004, quake of 9.1 magnitude, which sent huge tsunami waves crashing into Sumatra, where 170,000 people were killed, and across the Indian Ocean.
In all, the 2004 tsunami killed about 230,000 people in 13 Indian Ocean countries, including Thailand, Sri Lanka and India.
The 2004 quake was at a depth of 18 miles along a fault line running under the Indian Ocean, off western Indonesia and up into the Bay of Bengal.
One expert told the BBC the Wednesday quake as a "strike-slip" fault, meaning a more horizontal shift of the ground under the sea as opposed to a sudden vertical shift, and less risk of a large displacement of water triggering a tsunami.
The quake was also felt in Sri Lanka, where office workers in the capital, Colombo, fled their offices, and the southern Thai holiday island of Phuket, both of which were hit hard by the 2004 tsunami.
In Bangladesh, where two tremors were felt, authorities said there appeared to be no threat of a tsunami. Australia also said there was no threat of a tsunami there.
(Reporting by Jakarta, Bangalore and Bangkok bureaus; Writing by Robert Birsel; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Big quake strikes off coast of Indonesia
April 11, 2012 -- Updated 0935 GMT (1735 HKT)
Epicenter of earthquake off the coast of northern Sumatra
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: Residents in Banda Aceh are moving to higher ground
- A tsunami watch has been issued for the Indian Ocean
- The 8.7 magnitude quake took place off the coast of Aceh
- The Indonesian province was devastated by a tsunami in 2004
The quake struck about
430 kilometers from Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's Aceh
province, and had a magnitude of 8.7, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
It took place at a depth of 33 kilometers.
The Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center said it had issued a tsunami watch for the entire Indian
Ocean, and the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency
said it had put up a tsunami warning.
The power has gone out in
Banda Aceh and residents are moving to higher ground, said Sutopo Purwo
Nugroho, a spokesman for the Indonesian National Disaster Management
Agency.
The extent of the damage is still being assessed.
In 2004, a 9.1-magnitude
underwater earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, triggering a
tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in 14 countries. Aceh was
one of the worse affected areas.
The tsunami, which washed
away entire communities, caused nearly $10 billion in damage and more
casualties than any other tsunami in history, according to the United
Nations.
Indonesia is on the
so-called Ring of Fire, an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin
that is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
8.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia, triggering tsunami watch
Published April 11, 2012
| Associated Press
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – A
tsunami watch was issued for countries across the Indian Ocean after a
large earthquake hit waters off Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering
widespread panic as residents along coastlines fled to high ground in
cars and on the backs of motorcycles.
Some were crying. Others screamed "God as great" as they poured from their homes.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the
8.7-magnitude quake was centered 20 miles beneath the ocean floor around
269 miles from Aceh's provincial capital.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii
said a tsunami watch was in effect for Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka,
Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean
islands, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Iran, Bangladesh, Kenya,
South Africa and Singapore.
A tsunami watch means there is the potential for a tsunami, not that one is imminent.
Said, an official at Indonesia's Meteorology
and Geophysics Agency who goes by only one name, said a tsunami warning
has been issued for cities all along the coast of Sumatra island.
There was chaos in the streets, with fierce shaking continuing for nearly four minutes.
"I was in the shower on the fifth floor of
my hotel," Timbang Pangaribuan told El Shinta radio from the city of
Medan. "We all ran out. ... We're all standing outside now."
He said one guest was injured when he jumped from the window of his room.
The tremor was felt in Singapore, Thailand,
Bangladesh, Malaysia and India. High-rise apartments and offices on
Malaysia's west coast shook for at least a minute.
Thailand's National Disaster Warning Center
issued an evacuation order to residents in six provinces along the
country's west coast, including the popular tourist destinations of
Phuket, Krabi and Phang-Nga.
Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that makes the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.
A giant 9.1-magnitude quake off the country
on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed
230,000 people, nearly three quarter of them in Aceh.
Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 8.7 Aceh quake
This satellite image
released by DigitalGlobe shows an overview taken Jan 2, 2005 of southern
Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia after the Indian Ocean tsunamis. The US
Geological Survey said early Wednesday April 11, 2012 a 8.7-magnitude
quake was centred 33km beneath the ocean floor around 434km from Aceh's
provincial capital. -- PHOTO: AP
Readers of the Straits Times also reported feeling tremors in Serangoon, Raffles Place, and in eastern Singapore.
The quake's magnitude was 8.7, according to a revised measurement from the US Geological Survey, and it struck 431km off the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh.
The city was near the epicentre of a devastating 9.1-magnitude quake in 2004 that triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean, which killed 220,000 people, including 170,000 in Aceh.
The latest tremor was felt as far afield as Thailand and southern India.
Magnitude 8.6 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
2012 April 11 08:38:37 UTC
Versión en EspañolEarthquake Details
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
| Magnitude | 8.6 |
|---|---|
| Date-Time |
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| Location | 2.311°N, 93.063°E |
| Depth | 22.9 km (14.2 miles) |
| Region | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| Distances |
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| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); depth +/- 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=395, Nph=397, Dmin=514.3 km, Rmss=1.52 sec, Gp= 18°, M-type=(unknown type), Version=B |
| Source |
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| Event ID | usc000905e |
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