8.7 magnitude earthquake hits Aceh coast, tsunami warning issued
Posted on 11 April 2012 - 05:36pm
PETALING JAYA (April 11, 2012): The 8.7 magnitude on the Richter scale earthquake recorded off the west coast of Aceh has triggered a tsunami watch alert for surrounding areas including Malaysia.
The earthquake, which occurred at around 4.39pm (0839 GMT) local time today, has yet to generate a tsunami, but surrounding countries have been alerted for appropriate action.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has estimated initial tsunami wave arrival times for Georgetown and Port Dickson at 1311 GMT and 1810GMT (9.11pm tonight and 2.10am tomorrow local time).
The US Geological Survey reported the quake was centred 33km beneath the ocean floor around 495km from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh.
Tremors were felt in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam and surrounding areas at around 4.45pm, lasting about five minutes.
Aceh was in 2004 devastated by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake on December 26, killing 230,000 people in 14 countries, including 68 people in Malaysia. It is the third largest recorded earthquake in the world.
As of press time, the Malaysian Meteorological Department was unavailable for comment, while the Indonesian Geographical Department's website was also downed due to server failure.
from : the sun daily
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