UPDATE 2:29am PST: USGS downgraded earthquake off of Indonesia coast to 8.7 MAG.
UPDATE 2:35am PST: Waves from possible tsunami forecast to reach Banda Aceh at 09:30 GMT, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says. via BBC World news
UPDATE 2:39am PST: Thailand: urges people on Andaman coast to move to safe areas after earthquake off Aceh. via France24 news
UPDATE 2:47am PST: Indonesia disaster mitigation agency says earthquake aftershock of 6.5 in Aceh. via Reuters news
UPDATE 3:02am PST: Indonesia's President says "no tsunami threat although we are on alert" from Aceh earthquake. via Reuters news
UPDATE 3:04am PST: Indonesia's President says no reports of casualties or damage from earthquake in Aceh. via Reuters news
UPDATE 4:00am PST: Indonesia's geophysics agency says aftershocks in Aceh include earthquake of 8.8 on Richter scale, issues tsunami warning.
Reuters news
written by Reza Munawair in BANDA ACEH and Olivia Rondonuwu in JAKARTA
Wednesday April 11, 2012
Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after a huge 8.9 magnitude earthquake off its westernmost province Aceh, leading panicked locals to scramble out of their houses to seek refuge.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said an Indian Ocean wide tsunami alert was in effect, after a quake that the U.S Geological Survey said was 308 miles southwest of the province's capital Banda Aceh.
The earthquake was felt as far away as Singapore, Thailand and India.
The province was devastated by a 2004 tsunami that left 170,000 dead or missing, and that in total killed about 230,000 people in 13 Indian Ocean nations.
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