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Indonesia earthquake, tsunami photos
A magnitude 8.6 earthquake and several powerful aftershocks hit Indonesia Wednesday. Here are photos.
Acehnese people run shortly after a powerful earthquake hit western coast of Sumatra in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on April 11, 2012. A massive earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island, US and Indonesian monitors reported, prompting an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami alert.
Chaideer Mahyuddin
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted its tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean on Wednesday after fears receded following a magnitude 8.6 quake near the location of the 2004 tremblor that spawned a wave that killed 230,000 people. Tsunamis did hit Indonesia, but small waves of just 30 inches, according to Agence France Presse.
Read more on the earthquake in Indonesia.