(o.O).. 7.9 earthquake in INDONESIA!!

GOSHHH..u gotta read this..!!

..EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA..

...even DanielCTW, whose location is in Wisma Zelan, Tmn Tasik Permaisuri (near my residential area) also felt the shaking..eeeyeerrr...scary..


Powerful earthquake hits Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP): A powerful earthquake off western Indonesia triggered warnings of a potentially destructive tsunami across much of the Indian Ocean region Wednesday, meteorological agencies said.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the underwater quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 and hit at about 6:10 p.m. (1110 GMT). It was centered 105 kilometers (65 miles) southwest of Bengkulu on Sumatra island at a depth of 15.6 kilometers (9.7 miles), it said.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for wide areas of the region.
"Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean Basin,'' it said, warning that waves could hit Indonesia and Australia within an hour.
Sri Lanka and India could be struck within three hours, it said.
Residents in Bengkulu said the quake triggered panic and that people were running inland.
The temblor could also be felt in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, where office workers streamed down the stairwells of tall swaying buildings.
Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire,'' an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
A massive Dec. 26, 2004, earthquake that triggered a tsunami off the coast of Sumatra that killed more than 131,000 in Indonesia's Aceh province registered magnitude 9.0 and was 29 kilometers (18 miles) deep, according to USGS.

Source: The Star Online

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Tsunami warning issued after 7.9 magnitude quake off Sumatra

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department has issued a tsunami alert after a powerful earthquake struck off Sumatra, Indonesia at 7.10pm.
The department has advised people in the northern states of Perlis, Kedah, Perak and Penang to move away from beaches as a safety precaution.
Tremors were felt in parts of the west coast of peninsular Malaysia when the quake struck.
It was centered at 105 km southwest of Bengkulu, Sumatra and 718km southwest of Johor Bahru, at a depth of 15.6km.
Malaysian is adequately equipped to detect a tsunami and issue a warning within an hour before it reaches the shore.
The system is based on two buoys - one in the Andaman Sea near Rondo Island in Indonesia and the other in the South China Sea near Pulau Layang-layang in Sabah.
Malaysians will receive notice of evacuation via television, radio, satellite broadcast and SMS within 15 minutes of data transmission from the buoys.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre had earlier issued a tsunami alert for the entire Indian Ocean region after the quake.

Source: The Star Online