Tsunami warning on 20 countries due to earthquakes

Immediately after the powerful earthquake off Indonesia, authorities issued a warning about the risk of tsunami.

According to DailyMail, the magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck in Aceh, the westernmost province of Indonesia has suffered heavy losses in the Boxing Day disaster in 2004. Earthquake epicenter is 20 miles below the seabed and about 308 miles from the capital of Banda Aceh. And the earthquake that happened 7 years ago with a magnitude of 9.1 on the Richter scale, accompanied by the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean caused 230,000 deaths. Almost three-quarters of them are in Aceh.

According to Indonesia's Hydrological and Geological Agency, the country is located on a series of seismic fault lines of Southeast Asia - Pacific so it is always influenced by volcanic and earthquake activities.

Seismic experts have also mapped the area that was struck by aftershocks and earthquakes, in which the bubbles will show the most tsunami-prone areas.

Bubbles show the areas most vulnerable to tsunamis.

Meanwhile, sources from the AP said that the Pacific tsunami warning center in Hawaii issued a tsunami warning for the entire Indian Ocean region, involving about 20 countries and territories. , including Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and neighboring island countries, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Iran, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Singapore.

However, they also stressed that tsunami monitoring does not mean that tsunamis will happen. There are currently no reports of tsunamis, but an earthquake with strong intensity as of April 11 poses a huge risk, and close monitoring of the region's geological developments is could not be ignored, an official of the Center said.

In Vietnam, people in high-rise buildings in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City also feel strong "shaking" after a strong earthquake in Indonesia.