Tsunami warning off Indonesia's northern Aceh province

[Gaspowered]

Warning just been issued. Copied from the BBC's website. Will be keeping an eye on this news story.


An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 has struck under the sea off Indonesia's northern Aceh province.

The quake triggered a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean region.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it was not yet known whether a tsunami had been generated, but said authorities should "take appropriate action".

The region is regularly hit by earthquakes. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed 170,000 people in Aceh.

[thinfourth2]

Gaspowered said:

The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed 170,000 people in Aceh.

I remember that one.

It woke me up with the room shaking and lots of vibration

[jmorgan]

Oh well, did start another on this earlier. From the link I put up, a few clicks in
http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=indian.TS...

[nelly1]

Isn't Cameron in Indonesia ATM?

[thinfourth2]

nelly1 said:

Isn't Cameron in Indonesia ATM?

did he drop his wallet?

[Council Baby]

I just got back from Indonesia last Wednesday

Just missed the Tsunami last time in the Phi Phi islands by a few days too.

Hopefully it's a non event

[Noger]

Didn't even rattle the china in Raffles' Tiffin room.

Hopefully not a repeat of last time

[Mark.H]

If it's hitting its starting right now in Indonesia according to the report in the link

[Agoogy]

Our offshore offices in Chenai have been shut down...stuff falling off their desks due to tremors...

[Council Baby]

From what I've just read it was a horizontal rather than vertical movement of the crust. Less water displacement, hence less chance of a tsunami... fingers crossed whichever 'expert' wrote that is right.

[Mark.H]

a further larger aftershock just reported on bbc news

[obob]

2012

[DWS]

I hope it isn't as bad as last time. I know it's not an amusing situation to say the least but I had to chuckle at a paragraph from a Reuters interview:

"It doesn't look like a major tsunami. But we are still monitoring as tsunamis come in waves," Victor Sardina, a geophysicist on duty at the Hawaii-based institute, told Reuters.

[The Hypno-Toad]

obob said:

2012

"The poles are reversing I tells ye! The poles are reversing!, We're all DOOMED!!"

[jmorgan]

obob said:

2012

Olympics?

[jmorgan]

There were two now?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww...

[Council Baby]

Looks like a second 8.2 quake.

This Indian link is being updated regularly:

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/earthquake-and-tsunami-...

[C8PPO]

I read that it was a tsunami "alert" and not a "warning" - alert being less serious.

And according to some sites the warning was lifted a short time ago. Which should be a relief for all affected.

[pwd95]

Both my elder daughters evacuated from Phuket earlier. Looks like the Tsunami threat is lifting now. TFFT