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Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP - Getty Images
Acehnese women hug each other and pray shortly after a powerful earthquake struck off the western coast of Sumatra in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on April 11, 2012.
Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP - Getty Images
People try to go to higher ground in Banda Aceh after the earthquake struck on April 11, 2012.
Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP - Getty Images
People run shortly after the earthquake in Banda Aceh on April 11, 2012.
Alastair Jamieson and Ian Johnston report — A tsunami alert was issued for the entire Indian Ocean Wednesday after a powerful 8.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded off Indonesia's coast.
The U.S. Geological Survey said, in its latest revised statement, that the quake was centered about 14 miles beneath the ocean floor and 270 miles from Banda Aceh, the provincial capital of Aceh, at 2:38 p.m. local time (4:38 am. ET).
NBC News reported scenes of panic in Indonesia, with residents and even hospital patients fleeing buildings. Click here for the latest updates.
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MAY GOD BE WITH all the people who are effected by this act of nature, God Bless, all of you.
As if these folks havent experienced enough. Hopefully this will not be a repeat of 2004.
I pray God protects all those in the affected area and that the danger passes quickly relieving the stress these poor people must be experiencing...
May the almighty Lord prove this quake wrong, its gonna be okey no tsunami..in Jesus name though in kenya its expected after six hrs, ie @ 2000hrs.
Hey Nick,
These people are Muslim they are not waiting for Jesus, it's Mohammad or bust.