Magnitude 8.9 earthquake has struck under the sea off Indonesia's northern Aceh

Large Aceh quake triggers Indian Ocean tsunami warning

An earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.9 has struck under the sea off Indonesia's northern Aceh province.

The quake triggered a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean region.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it was not yet known whether a tsunami had been generated, but advised authorities to "take appropriate action".

The region is regularly hit by earthquakes. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 killed 170,000 people in Aceh.

The US Geological Survey, which documents quakes worldwide, said the Aceh quake was centred 33km (20 miles) under the sea about 495km from Banda Aceh, the provincial capital.

The tsunami centre's warning said quakes of such a magnitude "have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean basin".

Reuters reports that people in the region were making their way to higher ground.

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rip indonesia, again.

hope that it won't happen as same as japan like last year well it been getting a earthquake and then a tsunami after that. but hope that Indonesia will not fall the same faith as japan.

tsunami warning cancelled. nothing to see here ;v

That's a good thing, eh?

I can feel abit of the earthquake from Aceh's earthquake from Kuala Lumpur.
Hope Malaysia isn't gonna be involved, ;l

So do we, man. Please keep us informed.