印尼蘇門答臘北部8.9級地震,海嘯又將上演?
8.9 earthquake in Indonesia (Wednesday, 11th April 2012) — another Tsunami? Indonesia announced a Tsunami warning after an earthquake hit with preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province. After the last earthquake of the magnitude 9.1 in 2004 killing 260,000 people this is the next major quake. It is said that the tremors was felt in many parts of south India like Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. It is also noted that tremors were felt in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and India as well. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii reported that a tsunami watch was in effect for countries like Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Iran, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Singapore. The US Geological Survey informed that the powerful quake was epi-centered 20 miles (33 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor around 308 miles (495 kilometers) from Aceh’s provincial capital. It is noted that a Tsunami warning was issued in many of the countries officially or unofficially as people are getting to know the seriousness of such an event, especially after the last major quake in 2004.
印尼最西端的亞齊省4月11日下午發生強烈地震，據當地媒體報道，地震發生在當地時間下午3時39分，地震位於印尼蘇門答臘北部西面離岸海域，震中位於北緯2.3度，東經92.9度附近，即距離印尼班達亞齊之西南約440公里處。地震發生後，印尼已經發出海嘯警報。當地電視臺報道說，當天下午，距離地震源較近的班達亞齊居民震感強烈，但未有建築物倒塌和人員財產損失報告。人們因害怕紛紛從建築物裏跑出，亞齊醫院的病人立即轉移到露天的地方。
