Yikes: 8.9 magnitude quake hits Indonesia

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Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 8.9 magnitude quake strikes off west coast

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: April 11, 2012 - 5:02 am

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia issued a tsunami warning Wednesday after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province.

People on Twitter said tremors were felt in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and India. High-rise apartments and offices on Malaysia's west coast shook for at least a minute.

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.

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http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/3833de960b0e41d89e5ba6d3eb8e498c/AS--Indonesia-Earthquake/

[BumRushDaShow]

1. USGS has it as 8.7.

Huge!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc000905e.php

[Cooley Hurd]

2. If there was a tsunami, it would've hit by now and we would've heard about it...

...so in this case, no news is very GOOD news!

[malaise]

3. 8.1 aftershock

Damn!