Tsunami warning issued after 7.4 quake in Indonesia

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Source: Reuters

Tsunami warning issued after 7.4 quake in Indonesia
SINGAPORE
Sun May 9, 2010 2:26am EDT
(Reuters) - A tsunami alert was issued after an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck 140 miles south of Banda Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia, the country's quake agency and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported on Sunday.

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"A destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," the USGS said.

"However there is the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a hundred kilometers from the earthquake epicenter."



Earthquake hits Indonesia's Aceh


Indonesia has issued a tsunami alert after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck near the province of Aceh.
The quake struck offshore, 214km (133 miles) south-east of the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
It had a depth of 61.4km, the USGS said.
The site is very close to that of the 2004 earthquake that triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed about 220,000 people.
The epicentre was about 66km (41 miles) south-west of Meulaboh district, an area which was devastated in the 26 December 2004 earthquake and tsunami, Indonesia's earthquake agency said.
The quake hit at 1259 (0559 GMT).
There was thought to be no threat of a destructive, widespread tsunami, said the USGS.
"However there is the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than 100km from the earthquake epicenter," Reuters news agency quoted the agency as saying.
Indonesia is located on the volatile Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt of tectonic activity girdling the Pacific Ocean that triggers earthquakes and volcanic activity.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8670593.stm

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[Elmore Furth]

1. Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Rattles Western Indonesia

Source: Associated Press

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 9, 2010
Filed at 3:05 a.m. ET

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 rattled Indonesia's North Sumatra province Sunday, prompting a local tsunami watch, knocking out power and damaging some homes, officials said.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the afternoon quake hit 135 miles (220 kilometers) southeast of Banda Aceh at a depth at 38 miles (61 kilometers). Indonesia and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu issued a tsunami watch for the area.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center watch said there was no threat of a widespread tsunami, but ''there is the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a hundred kilometers from the earthquake epicenter.''

Local media reports said the quake caused panic in many parts of Aceh and neighboring North Sumatra province.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/05/09/world/AP-AS-Indonesia-Earthquake.html?_r=1&ref=news

[G_j]

4. Here it is stated to be a 7.2

http://geology.com/news/2010/m-7-2-earthquake-in-indonesia.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Geologycom+%28Geology.com%29

[Turborama]

2. There's been a series of fairly large earthquakes in Indonesia over the past month or so

Let's hope it's not building up for another massive one in the wrong place.

[rollin74]

3. Tsunami warning lifted

the tsunami warning has now been lifted

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6480F220100509