Tsunami Alert!

Indian Ocean has a Tsunami alert

Please keep safe around all neighboring places, !


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/indonesia-earthquake-tsunami-warnings-issued-massive-quakes-strike-131634257.html

A massive earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering immediate tsunami warnings for the region--and fears for an area devastated by an earthquake eight years ago.

According to U.S. Geological Survey, the 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck 270 miles southwest of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, at a depth of 14 miles.

Two hours later, a strong, 8.2 magnitude aftershock also struck off the coast of the Sumatra island.

According to CNN, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami watch for the entire Indian Ocean. According to the New York Times, the earthquake could be felt in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Fearful residents in Banda Aceh fled to higher ground after the quake and several aftershocks could be felt there.

According to Reuters, power was down in Aceh province.

"The electricity is down, there are traffic jams to access higher ground," a spokesman for Indonesia's disaster management agency told the news service. "Sirens and Koran recitals from mosques are everywhere."

There were no immediate reports of damage, injuries or fatalities, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on local television.

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 people in the region.

In Malaysia, tremors lasted for close to a minute.

"I was sitting at home with my family when a wave of dizziness suddenly washed over me," Jacky Loi, a resident of Seri Kembangan, told Yahoo News' Malaysian bureau.

"I had broken out in a cold sweat. That's how scared I was. It was terrible. I've never felt that bad before."

Loi and his family raced down from their 11th floor apartment, where they were joined by hundreds of other apartment residents.

Followers of Yahoo Malaysia's Facebook page said they felt the quake in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor Baru, Kelantan, Kedah, Perak, Malacca and Penang. One reader said her sister felt the tremors in Kuala Lumpur for as long as 30 minutes.

Sumatra quake tremors felt in Malaysia