Source:  RSOE EDIS ALERTMAIL

Source:  RSOE EDIS ALERTMAIL

Situation Update No. 6

Posted:2012-04-11, 08:55:18 [UTC]

Ref.no.: EQ-20120411-34845-IDN

Situation Update No. 6
On 2012-04-11 at 11:41:55 [UTC]

Event: Earthquake
Location: Indonesia Province of Aceh 434km (269mi) W from Sinabang

Situation:

Hundreds of office workers in Bangalore left their buildings while the Indian port of Chennai closed down because of the danger of a tsunami, the port said. The quake was in roughly in the same area as the 2004 quake which was at a depth of 30 km along a fault line running under the Indian Ocean, off western Indonesia and up into the Bay of Bengal. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister has asked the district collectors and SP’s of all coastal districts to be on alert and shift public to safer areas.

Indonesia’s port in Banda Aceh remained open after the 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday, while Chennai port shut due to a tsunami watch issued for the whole Indian Ocean, two port authority officials said. Operations at Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) in Kalpakkam near continued to function normally, even as coastal areas in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh has been put on alert following a massive quake hitting Indonesia. “We were to halt operations following the Tsunami alert. But, after checking with authorities in Andamans, we continued with the operations at the plant,” K Ramamurthy, Station Director, MAPS.

EDIS Code: TS-20120411-34849-IDN Date&Time: 2012-04-11 11:18:12 [UTC] Continent: Indonesian Archipelago Country: Indonesia State/Prov.: Province of Aceh, Location: Sumatra, City: Meulaboh Confirmed Information!
Description:
Tsunami wave has been observed in Meulaboh, Province of Aceh, Indonesia on 11.04.2012 at 10:07 UTC. The tsunami wave’s height was 1.06 meters (3.5 feet) Other information not available yet, but this wave is capable of destruction.
Posted:2012-04-11 11:18:12 [UTC]

Source:  RSOE EDIS ALERTMAIL