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Two powerful earthquakes struck more than 200 miles off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, spreading panic among residents and reviving memories of the devastating 2004 earthquake and tsunami in the same area…
Today’s quake was a horizontal shift under the sea, not a sudden vertical shift as in 2004, thus tsunami fears were quickly dispelled. It struck at a depth of 14 miles off the coast…
Indian Ocean tsunami alert lifted after Aceh quake, BBC
Tsunami Watch Cancelled After 8.6-Magnitude Earthquake Off Indonesian Coast, Forbes
