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    Countries on the Indian and Pacific ocean shores are on edge over potential tsunamis after an 8. Magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. A tsunami watch was in effect for south africa, along with Indonesia, india, Sri Lanka, australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands. The quake was centred 33km beneath the ocean floor around 495km from Aceh's provincial capital.

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    Countries on the Indian and Pacific ocean shores are on edge over potential tsunamis after an 8. Magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. A tsunami watch was in effect for south africa, along with Indonesia, india, Sri Lanka, australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands. The quake was centred 33km beneath the ocean floor around 495km from Aceh's provincial capital.

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    Countries on the Indian and Pacific ocean shores are on edge over potential tsunamis after an 8. Magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. A tsunami watch was in effect for south africa, along with Indonesia, india, Sri Lanka, australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands. The quake was centred 33km beneath the ocean floor around 495km from Aceh's provincial capital.

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    CountriesontheIndianandPacificoceanshoresareonedgeover potentialtsunamisafteran8.7magnitudeearthquakeinIndonesia. ThePacificTsunamiWarningCentreinHawaiisaidatsunamiwatchwasin effectforSouthAfrica,alongwithIndonesia,India,SriLanka,Australia, Myanmar,Thailand,theMaldivesandotherIndianOceanislands,

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    Malaysia,Pakistan,Somalia,Oman,Iran,Bangladesh,Kenyaand Singapore.ItadvisednationalauthoritiesacrosstheIndianOceanregionto takeappropriateaction. Clickheretoviewmoreposts byDanSwinhoe Awatchmeansthatthereispotentialforatsunami,notthatoneisimminent.

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    AccordingtoTwitter,thetremorswerefeltasfarasIndia,andofficeson Malaysiaswestcoastshookforatleastaminute.TheUSGeologicalSurvey saidthepowerfulquakewascentred33kmbeneaththeoceanflooraround 495kmfromAcehsprovincialcapital. BrucePresgraveoftheUSGStoldtheBBCthatthequakewascausedby theearthmovinghorizontally,ratherthanvertically,thereforehadnot displacedlargevolumesofwater. Wecantruleoutthepossibility,buthorizontalmotionislesslikelyto produceadestructivetsunami,hesaid.


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