However, all the countries around the region, including Malaysia, Kenya,
Tanzania, the French island of Reunion, were quick to warn people of the
potential tsunami and urged them to get to seek refuge away from the coast.
England cricketer Tim Bresnan is in the Maldives ahead of his wedding today.
He wrote on Twitter: “Just sat around reception in the Maldives with a
life jacket on waiting for the tsunami to hit. Not ideal the day before my
wedding.”
The quake, 308 miles (500kms) at a depth of 20.5 (33kms) off the coast of Aceh
on the northern tip of Sumatra, caused the electricity to go down in Banda
Aceh, the province’s capital.
But Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said there were no signs of
damage despite the violent shaking which lasted between three and five
minutes.
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