The US Geological Survey said today the quake was centred 33 kilometres beneath the ocean floor around 495 kilometres from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh.
Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province. Tsunami alerts have been issued for 28 countries
A tsunami warning for Chennai and the east coast of India at 4:57 pm today has been sounded out. As a precautionary measure, the Nuclear Power Corporation has decided to shut down Kalpakkam nuke plant.
Earth Quake is seen in almost all parts of Chennai including teynampet, mugalivakkam,thiruvanmiyur and the other parts of Chennai. Fortunately it is milder and there is no lossJ
Earthquake is also felt by other southern Indian region.
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