OFFICIAL THREAD: Earthquake in Indonesia

AP: Powerful earthquake causes tall buildings to sway in Indonesia's capital.

Tsunami warning issued after an earthquake off Indonesia's Sumatra island.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Two strong earthquakes -- one 8.0 followed another 7.9 in magnitude -- struck in rapid succession Wednesday near southern Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A tsunami watch was immediately issued for the area.

The earthquakes have caused buildings to sway in Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, the Associated Press reported.

They both struck Indonesia's Sumatra Island.

Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific Basin's "Ring of Fire" - an arc of volcanos and fault lines, is prone to seismic upheaval.

In December 2004, a massive earthquake off Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people, including 160,000 people in Indonesia's province of Aceh.

shit 8.0 on the richters scale? That is heavy.

This thread is fucking retarded. Official thread???? Wtf? You want the official thread on gfy and then your first post is updates to follow? You think if we need updates we from now on go to gfy to read your "official" thread? Get a life.

What's wrong the official thread? Maybe it makes people open less thread about the same subject which is more annoying

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 in magnitude struck Wednesday near southern Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A tsunami watch was immediately issued for the area.

The earthquake struck at 1810 local time (1110 GMT) Bengkulu province.

Several skyscrapers in Jakarta were rocked by the quake, which came at the end of the work day, said Andy Saputra, CNN producer in Jakarta.

"It's pretty strong and people are being evacuated from the tall buildings," he said.

The Financial Times' John Aglionby, speaking from Jakarta, told CNN: "The windows started shaking, the chairs started shaking - everything was shaking. We were up on the 16th floor of the building and decided we had to get out.
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"It was a very bizarre experience. Some people were getting scared."

Jakarta is 605 km (375 miles) southeast of the epicenter. The epicenter believed to be Bengkulu Province in southern Sumatra.

Although some employees were too afraid to leave their offices, companies ordered immediate emergency evacuations, he said.

Workers exited structures via fire stairs and went into the street, away from buildings and other potential dangers, Saputra added.

High-rise buildings also were evacuated in Singapore, CNN Producer Martin Bohley said.

He said he felt shaking for almost a minute. "At first I wasn't quite sure, then I reconfirmed with staff at the hotel, then I turned on local media here, and local media had reported that several high-rise locations had felt it so strong that they had evacuated."

Ken Navidad at the USGS in Denver said the tsunami centers in the Pacific and Alaska initially said two quakes, but he did not know why. He said his agency has measured only one.

Tsunami warning centers in Hawaii and Alaska said no tsunamis were expected in their areas.
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Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific Basin's "Ring of Fire" - an arc of volcanos and fault lines, is prone to seismic upheaval.

In December 2004, a massive earthquake off Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people, including 160,000 people in Indonesia's province of Aceh.

Im on the phone with CNN right now. Im trying to get them to post their news here first in your OFFICIAL thread! I'll let you know.

Who needs CNN when we have Who & GFY.

Indonesia.......

Man, we don't give a shit....

There are earthquakes on a daily basis in nearby Japan.

Will you report on every fucking earthquake in the world?

This forum is not National Geographic.

Get a life!

Jesus loves you.

Maybe another 230,000 people will die. It's called population control and it's how the planet starts to heal itself from the cancer that is humanity.

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Im going to Thailand soon. No tsunamis please god!

They will call it allah's will.

Definitely what Allah wants. Lol

my caption for the girl


"oh noez, teh trannyz are comming!!"

i really hope that all indonesians will read your thread for info

loll, i just heard a newscaster say ...are there hospitals and clinics there?

response was : yes there are ..

i'm going home (jakarta) next month!

Bookmark this thread then! It's the official news source.