A quake, magnitude 8.7 was registered a bit off Sumatra, a bit west of Aceh. A follow-up (6.5) hit Aceh.
Tsunami warning has been issued for the region.
edit:
Found a link:
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weath ... 1wrlq.html
Huge earthquake off Sumatra
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Huge earthquake off Sumatra
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Re: Huge earthquake off Sumatra
There was another one, 8.1 this time. Second Tsunami warning issued...
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I do archery skeet. With a Trebuchet.
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Re: Huge earthquake off Sumatra
Strong quakes, if they are vertical they should kick up waves. But they are still only a few % of the energy of the Christmas quake so hopefully it wont be too bad - at least this time people will know what to expect.
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Re: Huge earthquake off Sumatra
Tsunami warnings are both lifted, as far as i know. the first warning was lifted 2hrs after the quake.
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Ah, this takes me back.
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Re: Huge earthquake off Sumatra
Reminds us of...PainRack wrote:To Orchard Towers?
On-topic, I couldn't feel this at all in Nusajaya today. How was it in SGP?
Re: Huge earthquake off Sumatra
Nope. Nothing here either.
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Re: Huge earthquake off Sumatra
Some people on my floor said they felt it, I didn't.
Looks like we lucked out, no major tsunami etc.
Looks like we lucked out, no major tsunami etc.
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Re: Huge earthquake off Sumatra
Lateral movement, not vertical. So it was a lucky thing all around. We had just come back from Thailand a few days before this hit.
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