8.6 in Indonesia, Tsunami Warning

[waruta]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc000905e.php

A tsunami alert was issued for the entire Indian Ocean Wednesday after a powerful 8.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded off Indonesia's coast.

The U.S. Geological Survey said, in its latest revised statement, that the quake was centered about 14 miles beneath the ocean floor and 270 miles from Banda Aceh, the provincial capital of Aceh, at 2:38 p.m. local time (4:38 am. ET).

The quake is in a similar location and of a similar magnitude to the 9.1-magnitude tremor on Dec. 26, 2004 that triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people, nearly three-quarters of them in Aceh province.
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[JAVGOD]

Oh, No, Not again...

[Mike Oxlong]

Indonesia has issued a fresh tsunami warning after an aftershock with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 shook its western coast...

http://news.yahoo.com/indonesia-issues-tsunami-alert-aftershock-111733094.html

[tidbits]

What are the places (countries/ coasts) to watch out for Tsunami?

[Coligny]

What are the places (countries/ coasts) to watch out for Tsunami?

http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=3

Nothing to look for as of now...

[IparryU]

Damn, if they do get a tsunami... where the hell can people evac to?

So japan is going to get placed behind another shadow again hugh? (knock on wood)