Summary
| DATE | 11/04/2012 |
| ORIGIN TIME | 08:38:40.9 UTC |
| LOCATION | 3.489 92.635 |
| DEPTH | 20 km |
| MAGNITUDE | 8.6 |
| LOCALITY | NORTHERN SUMATRA |
No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time. A tsunami warning has been issued for the region (Indian Ocean wide) as an earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a tsunami that can strike coastlines in the area.
Today's earthquake locates approximately 330 km WSW of the magnitude 9.1 earthquake that occurred on 26 December 2004, which killed in the region of 300,000 people, approximately 430 km SW of Banda Aceh and 970 km west of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Updated 11 April 2012 10:00 UTC.
Tsunami warning cancelled at 12:36 UTC
Updated 11 April 2012 12:40 UTC
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