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| 7.3 Quake |
The earthquake was recorded off the coast of the island of Simeleu at 18:37 UTC (13:37 January 11 local time) at 29 km depth at coordinates 02.03 N and 93.1 E off the west coast Sumatra.
Small islands of Palau Lekon, Palau and Palau Tjut Simeulue and Pulau Tapah Simeleu neighboring Pulay are nearest to the epicenter.
In turn, the central earthquake was at 417 km southwest of Banda Aceh with around 250 000 inhabitants and 374 km of Meulaboh with 35 000 inhabitants.
The report of the tsunami warning service for the Pacific said that "destructive tsunami threat exists based on generalizations historical tsunami data, however there is a small possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located no more than 100 km epicenter of the earthquake. "
The earthquake was followed by two aftershocks of 4.7 and 4.6 degrees, while a series of earthquakes struck Indonesia on 5 degrees and neighboring islands since January 7.
The local press report indicates that after the earthquake, which registered 7.6 on the Richter scale as that hit Aceh, "a series of aftershocks were recorded on the west coast of Sumatra with a force weaker than the earthquake that struck the western Indonesia on Wednesday morning, "the half Beritasatu.
"There were two aftershocks of 7.1 and 5.4 Richter scale," said Suhardjono director of Seismology and Tsunami alert, according to the medium.
He explained that he has issued a tsunami warning after the first earthquake that struck first at 1:37 pm. The quake was centered 237 kilometers southwest of the District Simeleu Island at a depth of 10 km according to their records.
