Indonesia natural disaster off Sumatra measures 7.9 magnitude

They waited there till the tsunami warning was lifted. It was 10 km (six miles) deep.
A 7.9 to 8.1 magnitude quake would "easily" be the strongest so far this year and the strongest worldwide since Chile in September 2015, according to NBC News meteorologist William Karins. The US Geological Survey originally put the magnitude at 8.2, revising it down to 7.8.
Along with India, Thailand and Sri Lanka, Indonesia suffered tremendous damage from a tsunami triggered by an quake in 2004 that killed over 300,000 people.
As a result of the natural disaster the Australian Govt specifically alerted the islands of Christmas and Cocos and the Indonesian authorities passed warnings to the areas of West Sumatra, Aceh and North Sumatra.
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On Pagai, an island off the west coast of Sumatra, resident Jois Zaluchu told Reuters by phone that there were no reports of damage or casualties there.
Local authorities issued a tsunami warning Wednesday but said it was unlikely to be severe.
However, Singapore is unlikely to be affected by the natural disaster, said the National Environment Agency.
Local media reports people running out of their homes to higher places.
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Numerous areas rocked by Wednesday's 7.8-magnitude quake were devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, which claimed almost a quarter-million lives in a dozen countries.
"There will probably be no tsunami", BPNB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a phone interview with Kompas TV.
Australia issued, then also canceled, a tsunami watch for its western coasts.
The deputy of operation at the National Search and Rescue (SAR) Agency said teams were helping residents move to higher ground.
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Plans for evacuation shelters and improved roads to provide better escape routes from tsunamis since 2004 have mostly not been realised, according to experts.
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