8.5 magnitude earthquake Padang Residents Shocked and running

8.5 magnitude earthquake Padang Residents Shocked and running. Major earthquake measuring 8.5 on the Richter scale, or 8.7 SR version of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) felt strongly in almost all parts of the island of Sumatra indonesia.

The quake was also felt shaking in Padang, West Sumatra. Earthquake makes people shocked and running. Residents who live along the coast ran into a higher location.

Pegendali Center Operations Manager Disaster Sumatra, Ade Edward said the quake has the potential tsunami in Simelue.

Meanwhile, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Hawaii shortly launch a tsunami alert after 8.7 earthquake on the Richter scale shook the ocean near Simeulue, NAD. PTWC advised local authorities to decide on emergency tsunami hazard in some areas.

PTWC predicts, in the event of a tsunami, the waves were expected to arrive in Simeulue at 16:21, 16:31 o'clock in Banda Aceh, at 17:17 in Padang, West Sumatra, and at 17:38 in Bengkulu.

Tsunami waves are also called PTWC could reach the coast a number of countries around the Indian Ocean as India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia, and Madagascar.

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