Earthquake hits Indonesia, tsunami alert in 28 states
A new earthquake with a magnitude of 8.6 struck Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami alert was issued after the first 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit earlier today.
Wednesday, 11.04.2012.
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A new earthquake with a magnitude of 8.6 struck Indonesia on Wednesday. A tsunami alert was issued after the first 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit earlier today. The epicenter of the first quake was under the sea off Indonesia's northern Aceh province, which was hit by a deadly earthquake and tsunami in 2004. Earthquake hits Indonesia, tsunami alert in 28 states A BBC's reporter in Jakarta says there were reports of the ground shaking for up to five minutes. It is at the moment impossible to contact the people living in the area that was hit by the earthquake. The population has started to move away from the coast. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said a tsunami had been generated but its likely impact was not yet clear. It advised national authorities across the Indian Ocean region to "take appropriate action", BBC has reported. Electricity is down in Aceh and there are traffic jams to access higher ground. The earthquake monitoring agency in Indonesia said the tsunami warning would remain in place for another few hours, but that there had been no reports so far of a low tide, which would indicate the water was receding before building into a tsunami. Thailand has shut down Phuket Airport, Indian port of Chennai and the Calcutta subway have also been temporarily closed. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in Aceh, the Indonesian province closest to the earthquake, Reuters says. He said he had ordered a disaster relief team to fly to Aceh, which was devastated by the 9.1 magnitude 2004 quake, 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 tsunami warning was issued in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia, Reunion, Seychelles, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Madagascar, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, The Comoros, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, The Crozet Islands, The Kerguelen Islands, South Africa and Singapore. B92
Earthquake hits Indonesia, tsunami alert in 28 states
A BBC's reporter in Jakarta says there were reports of the ground shaking for up to five minutes.It is at the moment impossible to contact the people living in the area that was hit by the earthquake. The population has started to move away from the coast.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said a tsunami had been generated but its likely impact was not yet clear.
It advised national authorities across the Indian Ocean region to "take appropriate action", BBC has reported.
Electricity is down in Aceh and there are traffic jams to access higher ground.
The earthquake monitoring agency in Indonesia said the tsunami warning would remain in place for another few hours, but that there had been no reports so far of a low tide, which would indicate the water was receding before building into a tsunami.
Thailand has shut down Phuket Airport, Indian port of Chennai and the Calcutta subway have also been temporarily closed.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in Aceh, the Indonesian province closest to the earthquake, Reuters says.
He said he had ordered a disaster relief team to fly to Aceh, which was devastated by the 9.1 magnitude 2004 quake, 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 tsunami warning was issued in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia, Reunion, Seychelles, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Madagascar, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, The Comoros, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, The Crozet Islands, The Kerguelen Islands, South Africa and Singapore.
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