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8.7-magnitude quake strikes Aceh
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8449936/8-9-magnitude-quake-strikes-aceh
A tsunami watch has been issued for the entire Indian Ocean after a 8.7-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province.
The quake was recorded at a depth of 33km, 431km off the coast of Sumatra, the US monitors reported.
There is no threat to the Australian mainland or territories.
In Aceh an aftershock of 6.5 was recorded, Indonesia disaster mitigation agency said.
Reuters reports that locals in Aceh are fleeing to higher ground, while tremors were felt as far away as Singapore, India and Thailand.
India's tsunami warning centre is now warning of waves reaching up to six metres in height potentially hitting that country's eastern shore.
The earthquake was recorded at 2:38pm local time (6.38pm AEST).
If its current Richter scale measurement is proved accurate, the earthquake would be the eighth biggest recorded since 1900.
Aceh bore the brunt of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, which killed more than 230,000 people in 14 countries.
Nearly three-quarters of those killed by the 9.1-magnitude quake were from the Indonesian province.
26 Australians were among those killed by the 2004 natural disaster.
Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that makes the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.
Re: 8.7-magnitude quake strikes Aceh
In related news, I'm starting to actually believe in the Myanmar reforms since the govt actually warned its citizens of the potential for tsunami and all of my friends there are posting about it on facebook. Actually it seems that they haven't shut facebook down in a long time. People were even posting on election day.