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(CNN) -- A massive earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday afternoon, triggering a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean.
The quake struck about 434 kilometers southwest of Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province, and had a magnitude of 8.6, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It took place at a depth of 23 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 areas most at risk of a tsunami are coastal areas of Aceh, particularly the island of Simeulue, Prih Harjadi, an official for the Indonesian agency said on Metro TV.
He said that according to their calculations, it was possible that waves as high as 6 meters could hit Simeulue.
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.
The authorities in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands have ordered people to move out of low-lying areas.
The region's chief secretary, Shakti Sinha, said that there are "a few hundred people" in the areas where the evacuation order had been issued.
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. The majority of the deaths were in Indonesia, with Aceh bearing the brunt.
That quake took place 250 kilometers south-southeast of Banda Aceh at a depth of 30 kilometers.
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.
The earthquake Wednesday comes just over year after a magnitude 9 quake off the northeast coast of Japan caused a devastating tsunami. The death toll from that disaster stands at about 15,850.
Aceh Diguncang Gempa 8,9 SR, Berpotensi Tsunami
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Rabu, 11 April 2012 15:42 wib
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JAKARTA - Gempa berkekuatan 8,9 skala richter (SR) mengguncang provinsi Aceh, Rabu (11/4/2012). Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika memperingatkan, gempa ini berpotensi tsunami.
Menurut catatat BMKG, pusat gempa berada di kedalaman 10 kilometer, tepatnya di titik ordinat 2.40 derajat lintang utara (LU)-92.00 Bujung Timur (BT).
Pusat gempa berada di 346 kilomter arah barat daya kabupaten Simeuleu Provinsi Aceh. Hingga kini belum diketahui jumlah korban jiwa maupun bangunan rusak akibat gempa ini.
Indonesia quake felt in India, issues Tsunami warning
Reuters – 1 hr 30 mins ago
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India issued a tsunami warning for its eastern coast on Wednesday after a 8.9 magnitude quake in Indonesia shook major Indian cities, causing panic and sending people fleeing onto the streets.
India's tsunami warning center said waves measuring up to 6 meters were expected along parts of its eastern coast, which was heavily hit by the 2004 tsunami. Smaller waves were expected to hit the remote Andaman and Nicobar islands.
(Reporting By Frank Jack Daniel)
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