Magnitude 7.8 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIAA  . 7.8 earthquake shook Indonesia's northwest isle of Sumatra earlier Wednesday, prompting a short tsunami warning and sending residents rushing for better floor. There have been no quick reports of widespread ruin.

The quake struck at five:15 a.m. (2215 GMT) and was centered 125 miles (205 kilometers) northwest of Sibolga in Sumatra at a depth of 28.6 miles (46 kilometers), the U.S. Geological Survey explained. It had previously stated the quake measured seven.8.

The Indonesia Meteorology and Geophysics Agency as well as the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu issued tsunami warnings pursuing the quake, but lifted them two several hours later on.

"So far no injury or casualties happen to be noted and also the predicament is beneath handle," Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf claimed.

A minimum of 5 powerful aftershocks measuring as much as five.two ended up recorded, the meteorology agency claimed.

The quake, which struck as folks inside the location ended up preparing for morning prayers, induced panic in North Sumatra's capital of Medan and also other cities within the area. Electrical energy was cut in Medan and Banda Aceh, provincial capital of Aceh.

Folks in a number of cities along the southeastern coast of Sumatra too as Sinabang on Simeulue isle and Gunung Sitoli on nearby Nias isle poured in to the streets and rushed to greater terrain soon after the quake.

"Rumors about a tsunami panicked villagers residing around the beach," stated Eddy Effendi, a resident in Nias district of North Sumatra province. "They ran away on motorbikes and cars or by climbing the hills. There was panic and chaos everywhere, but I tend not to see considerable ruin or injuries in my village."

Residents in Sibolga claimed the shaking lasted a lot more than a minute and utility poles within the region were being knocked down.

A 2004 tsunami triggered by a magnitude-9.two earthquake inside the very same location killed 230,000 men and women inside a dozen nations about the Indian Ocean basin.

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