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At 7.33am BST on May 14, a powerful 6.7 magnitude quake rocked the Indian Ocean. The tremor rocked 299km southwest of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia. Tsunami Service Provider INDIA said in the moments after that a tsunami warning was issued.
Will a tsunami hit?
Sumatra, the elongated eastern island of Indonesia was most under threat from a tsunami from the earthquake.
Thankfully, the tsunami warning was downgraded and subsequently removed.
But for the brief 20 minutes before the situation was downgraded, fear will have been struck into the heart of Indonesians who are still reeling from the devastating 2004 tsunami.
Prior to the warning being removed, the Tsunami Service Provice issued a strong warning.
It read: “Based on historical data and tsunami modeling, this earthquake may be capable of generating a tsunami affecting the Indian Ocean region.
“IOTWMS-TSP INDIA will monitor the situation to determine if a tsunami was generated and will issue further bulletins as information becomes available.”
However, this was later updated to say: “Based on pre-run model scenarios, there is NO THREAT to countries in the Indian Ocean.
“No further bulletins will be issued unless the situation changes.”
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