Yang ini bukan Mbak Rifa? Salam, Umminya Dilla ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MIS Department PT Omron Manufacturing Of Indonesia Tel. 62-21-8970111 ext. 513 Fax. 62-21-8970121 e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Forwarded by MIS OMI_MIS/OMI/OMCP on 03/29/2005 09:25 AM ----- Powerfull Earthquake Rock Aceh and Entire Sumatra Oleh relief Tuesday, 29-March-2005, 00:29:59 Jakarta, Indoesia-Relief -- Late night on Monday at 23:09, powerful earthquake of measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale rocked Aceh and entire Sumatra. The earthquake epicentrum located between the offshore of Nias and Simeuleu, two island in the Indian Ocean, west of Aceh. The earthquake caused major panic and power blackouts in much of the city. People in Banda Aceh run out their home to the street and running to higher place. But according to Metro TV, local official allready asked them to keep calm because there's no tsunami threat. However, the Japanese Kyodo news service said the quake had triggered a tsunami warning. The quake also felt in Medan, Padang, Palembang, Pekan Baru, and Jambi. AFP correspondent in Malaysia also provice same report. In the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, guests and residents evacuated high-rise hotels and apartments, an AFP correspondent said. Suharjono, the head of earthquake division of Indonesia's Meteological and Geophysics agency, told SCTV television station that the tremor struck between the offshore isles of Nias and Simeuleu, 33 kilometres under the sea. According to USGS, the epicentrum located at 205 km WNW of Sibolga, 245 km SW of Medan, 535 km WSW of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and 1410 km (880 miles) NW of Jakarta, Java. Dale Grant of U.S. Geological Survey told AP that the quake was magnitude 8.2 and was in the aftershock zone of the Dec. 26 quake. ''It is along the same segment of fault,'' he said. ''We do expect aftershocks. An 8.2 is very large, but it's not unusual as an aftershock.'' He stressed they have no reports at this time of any tsunami. © afp/metro/che
