Jakartha, 11 April 2012: A massive earthquake of 8.6 magnitude hit waters off Indonesia triggering tsunami fears across the Indian Ocean nations, including India, reviving memories of the 2004 devastation that had claimed tens of thousands of lives in the region. (Earlier reports said the magnitude was 8.7 on the Richter scale.) The quake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island, U.S. and Indonesian monitors reported, prompting an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert.
The tremors were felt far and wide in southern and eastern parts of India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. The quake’s magnitude was 8.7 on Richter scale and it struck 431-km off the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh. In India, tremors were felt in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Assam and West Bengal.
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