Asia-Pacfic Quake triggers Indonesia tsunami warning
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 12:28
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A powerful earthquake in the waters of western Indonesia has prompted local officials to issue a tsunami warning.
The US Geological survey said Tuesday's quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 and struck 420km off the coast of Aceh province.
It was centred 30km beneath the ocean floor.
Arief Akhir, an official with Indonesia's geological agency, said a tsunami warning has been issued.
Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
A giant quake off the country on December 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Aceh.
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