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Tsunami warning issued as powerful earthquake hits off western Indonesia
A tsunami warning was issued after a powerful 7.3 magnitude hit waters off northern Sumatra in Indonesia.
A tsunami warning has been issued after a powerful 7.3 magnitude hit waters off northern Sumatra in Indonesia.
Local people in Banda Aceh reportedly ran away in panic from buildings after news of the quake

7:44PM GMT 10 Jan 2012

The US Geological survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 and struck 260 miles off the coast of Banda Aceh province.

In Banda Aceh, the ground shook for 30 seconds and terrified residents rushed out of their homes, but they returned indoors shortly after, according to witnesses.

The Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the seismological agency of Indonesia measure the strength of the quake at 7.6.

It was centred 18 miles beneath the ocean floor.

"The quake was in the sea and a tsunami warning is in force, but so far we have no reports of casualties or damage," Suharjono, the agency's technical chief, told the French news agency AFP.
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Earlier, Indonesia's government had issued a tsunami warning, but it was subsequently lifted more than an hour later.

Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

On December 26, 2004, a giant quake measuring 9.1-9.3 on the Richter scale triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Aceh.

It was the third largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph.

In October 2010, a 7.7 magnitude quake struck just off the Mentawai Islands off Sumatra's western coast, killing at least 435 people on the islands.

 

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January 10, 2012 2:11 PM

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(AP) BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake hit waters off western Indonesia early Wednesday, prompting officials to briefly issue a tsunami warning. Panicked residents poured into the streets, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.3-magnitude quake struck 260 miles (420 kilometers) off the coast of Aceh province just after midnight. It was centered 18 miles (30 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor.

People in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh — still deeply traumatized by the 2004 monster quake and tsunami — were rattled from their sleep. They fled their homes and waited outside as sirens blared from local mosques, some hopping in cars and motorcycles and heading for high ground.

"I'm afraid," said Fera, a resident, who skidded off on her motorbike with her two children and her mom.

In the town of Seumele, patients were evacuated from a a hospital.

Officials contacted by The Associated Press in several coastal cities, however, had not received any reports about serious injures or damage.

Nearly two hours after the quake struck, the local geological agency lifted it's tsunami warning.

Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

A giant quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Aceh.

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Associated Press writers Ali Kotarumalos and Niniek Karmini contributed to this report from Jakarta.