Selasa, 10 Januari 2012

Powerful quake hits off western Indonesia

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Last Updated: 2:13 PM, Jan 10, 2012

Posted: 2:13 PM, Jan 10, 2012

JAKARTA, state â€" A coercive seism has hit humour of Hesperian Indonesia, prompting local officials to supply a wave warning.

The U.S. Geological survey said the tremble had a origin magnitude of 7.3 and struck 260 miles (420 kilometers) off the coast of Aceh province.

It was centralised 18 miles (30 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor.

Arief Akhir, an official with Indonesia's geological agency, said a wave warning has been issued.

Indonesia is unerect to seismic upthrow due to its positioning on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an curve of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

A giant tremble off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a wave in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Aceh.

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