Indonesian earthquake triggers panic but no tsunami

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Indonesian earthquake triggers panic but no tsunami

Fears sparked by 8.6-magnitude quake on seabed 300 miles of Banda Aceh result in chaos and successful evacuationsA large earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, causing widespread panic and fear of a repeat of the 2004 earthquake and series of tsunamis that killed 230,000 people. The 8.6-magnitude earthquake struck the seabed 300 miles west of Banda Aceh, the island’s provincial capital, at 3.38pm local time, and was followed by an 8.2-magnitude aftershock just two hours later, causing locals to scramble for higher ground as traffic jams, power cuts and the sound of sirens and Qur’an recital calls created an atmosphere of chaos, according to Reuters.