Indonesia Hit by Quake; Tsunami Alerts Canceled

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Indonesia Hit by Quake; Tsunami Alerts Canceled

Bloomberg BusinessWeek – An 8.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s western Aceh province, the U.S. Geological Survey said today, prompting coastal residents around the Indian Ocean to flee to higher ground before tsunami warnings were lifted. The quake hit 431 kilometers (268 miles) off the coast of Aceh, one of Indonesia’s poorest provinces where 170,000 people died or went missing in a tsunami in 2004, followed by aftershocks. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center canceled its tsunami watch for all areas of the Indian Ocean about four hours after the initial earthquake, as did the Indonesian agency. Read article

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