Fresh tsunami warning after aftershocks

April 11, 2012 17:14

So, right now, there seems to be a fresh tsunami warning after the 8.2-magnitude aftershock rattled the same area off the coast of Indonesia. Other places reporting it as 8.1.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the aftershock struck at 2043 AEST 615 kilometres from Banda Aceh. This follows expert advice that the first tremor had been horizontal, rather than vertical, and that a tsunami was unlikely.

Southeast Asian nations had earlier issued tsunami alerts and urged people to move to safety away from coastlines after a massive 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra on Wednesday.

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