3 Lokasi di Aceh-Nias Terkena Tsunami Kecil di Bawah 1 Meter

adan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) mengumumkan telah terjadi tsunami kecil di tiga titik akibat Gempa 8,5 SR di Simeuleu, Aceh. Ketinggian tsunami masih di bawah 1 meter. Mana saja?

"Akibat gempa terjadi tsunami di beberapa wilayah. Sabang dengan ketinggian 20 cm, di wilayah Meulaboh 80 cm, dan wilayah Nias dengan ketinggian 60 cm," kata Kepala BMKG Sri Woro B Harijono, dalam konferensi pers di Kantor BMKG, Jalan Angkasa, Kemayoran, Jakarta Pusat, Rabu (11/4/2012).

Tsunami yang terjadi kecil karena tipe retakan yang terjadi bersifat mendatar. Kala tsunami 2004 lalu gempa mengakibatkan retakan vertikal sehingga menimbulkan tsunami yang besar.

"Kalau dia mendatar sehingga tidak mengakibatkan tsunami berkekuatan besar,"katanya.

Situasi di Aceh pun disebutkan telah normal kembali. BMKG telah mengakhiri peringatan tsunami.

"Karena aturannya dua jam setelah gempa, kita tidak ada istilah mencabut, tapi mengakhiri pada pukul 19.45 WIB,"tandasnya.

First tsunami waves expected to hit Sumatra by 4:21 pm

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) says that the first waves of tsunami were expected to hit Sumatra at 4:21 p.m. in Simeuleu, Aceh, and at 4:31 p.m. in Banda Aceh.
PTWC has issued a tsunami warning to several countries in the Indian Ocean region after an earthquake measuring 8.5 on the Richter scale jolted Aceh on Wednesday.
“The earthquake might potentially trigger a tsunami that could damage the area along the Indian Ocean shore,” PTWC said as quoted by kompas.com.
Countries which have been warned about the tsunami include Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, Maldives, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Reunion, Seychelles, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Madagascar, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Comores, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, South Africa and Singapore. (swd)
Tsunami waves are predicted to hit areas as follows:
Simeulue at 4:21 p.m.
Banda Aceh 4:31 p.m.
Siberut 4:41 p.m.
Padang 5:17 p.m.
Bengkulu 5:38 p.m
Cilacap 7:.05 p.m.
Bandar Lampung 7:13 p.m.
Bali 7:53 p.m.
Kupang 8:38 p.m.
Belawan 8:48 p.m.

Fear of quake, tsunami haunts Acehnese

tsunami haunts Acehnese Residents of several cities in Sumatra hurriedly ran for their lives when a tsunami warning was issued by agencies after an 8.5-magnitude earthquake shook Aceh on Wednesday.
National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho confirmed that several aftershocks could potentially trigger a tsunami.
The first earthquake was registered in Aceh at 3:38 p.m.
Fear of tsunami disaster still lingers for Sumatrans, especially those living in Aceh.
Dozens died after a 9.3-magnitude earthquake and a subsequent tsunami hit the west coast of Sumatera on Dec. 26, 2004.
The disaster was so large that it affected other countries, including Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the Maldives.
The death toll reached a total of 227,898 people, according to U.S. Geological Survey.
For the people of Simeulue regency in Aceh, leaving coastal areas to avoid a tsunami was a tip that has been passed on from generation to generation.
Simeulue was close to the epicenter of the 2004 tsunami and earthquake, but just nine people died on the entire island. The locals were familiar with earthquakes and tsunamis from the local folklore.
The folklore said that many of Simelue locals, who mainly work as fishermen, died when a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the area in 1907.
The lessons from the disaster has been passed from generation to generation: They must immediately run to the higher ground whenever an earthquake hits the area. (asa/dmr)

Tsunami watch lifted in most of Indian Ocean

A tsunami watch around the Indian Ocean has been lifted hours after two powerful earthquakes hit off Indonesia's western coast.
The 8.6- and 8.2-magnitude earthquakes triggered panic Wednesday afternoon. Residents in coastal cities fled to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii lifted a tsunami watch for most areas of the Indian Ocean about four hours after the first quake. It was still in effect for Indonesia, India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and the island territory of Diego Garcia.
Major damage or tsunami waves locally were not reported.

Pusat Tsunami Pasifik Keluarkan Peringatan Tsunami Untuk 28 Negara

Pusat Peringatan Tsunami Pasifik mengeluarkan peringatan tsunami untuk sejumlah negara menyusul gempa berkekuatan 8,5 SR yang melanda Simeuleu, Aceh hari ini. Tercatat ada 28 negara yang diimbau untuk mewaspadai kemungkinan tsunami.

Selain Indonesia, negara-negara tersebut menurut bulletin tsunami yang dikeluarkan Pusat Peringatan Tsunami Pasifik adalah: India, Australia, Sri Lanka, Singapura, Myanmar, Thailand, Maldives, Inggris, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, Madagaskar, Iran, Uni Emirat Arab, Yaman, Comores, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Crozet Islands, Bangladesh, Kerguelen Islands dan Afrika Selatan.

Pusat Peringatan Tsunami Pasifik menyatakan buletin ini dikeluarkan sebagai saran bagi badan-badan pemerintah. Hanya otoritas dan pemerintah setempat yang punya otoritas untuk membuat keputusan menyangkut status kewaspadaan di masing-masing negara.

Gempa yang terjadi di Simeuleu sekitar pukul 15.38 WIB tersebut berada pada kedalaman 10 kilometer. Getaran gempa terasa hingga ke sebagian Singapura, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka dan Thailand.

Indonesia issues tsunami warning after 8.9 quake

Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province.
The U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday the quake was centered 20 miles (33 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor around 308 miles (495 kilometers) from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh.
Said, an official at Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency who goes by only one name, said a tsunami warning has been issued.
Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that makes the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.
A giant 9.1-magnitude quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, nearly three quarter of them in Aceh.

Gempa Susulan Terjadi Lagi di Aceh 8,8 SR

Gempa susulan masih terjadi di Aceh, setelah gempa besar berkekuatan 8,5 SR pada 15.38 WIB tadi. Gempa susulan yang terjadi kali ini berkekuatan 8,8 SR, jauh lebih besar daripada gempa sebelumnya.

Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) menyampaikan informasi gempa susulan terjadi pada Rabu (11/4/2012) pukul 17.43 WIB.

Gempa terjadi di ordinat 0.78 lintang utara dan 92,15 bujur timur. Posisi gempa di 483 km barat daya Simeulue dengan kedalaman 10 km.

Gempa terasa di Bengkulu, Lampung, NAD, Sumbar, Sumut. Gempa ini berpotensi tsunami.
 Gempa kembali terjadi di Aceh sebesar 8,1 SR. Gempa itu dirasakan kencang seperti yang pertama.

"Terasa barusan. Yang pertama sekitar jam 4-an sore, sekarang barusan beberapa detik. Kencangnya seperti yang awal," jelas petugas keamanan Pelabuhan Belawan Khairul, yang dihubungi Rabu (11/4/2012) pukul 17.50 WIB.

Namun kondisi Pelabuhan Belawan, imbuhnya, normal. Pelabuhan Belawan terletak di pantai timur Sumatera, dekat selat Malaka.