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Indian Ocean coastlines placed on tsunami alert after 8.9-magnitude earthquake off coast of Aceh province. A tsunami warning has been issued in the Indian Ocean after Indonesia's geophysical agency reported a powerful earthquake off Aceh province.

Wednesday's quake was measured at a preliminary 8.9-magnitude.

The US Geological Survey said it struck on a depth of 33km, 495km from Aceh's provincial capital..

A tsunami warning was issued across the whole Indian Ocean, including Australia, Pakistan, Somalia, Madagascar, and and many other countries.

The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it was not yet certain a giant wave had been generated.

"Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean basin," it said.

Journalist Syarina Hasibuan told Al Jazeera that people panicked across Sumatra, running out of buildings and gathering in the streets.

People on Twitter said tremors were felt in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and India. High-rise apartments and offices on Malaysia's west coast shook for at least a minute.

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 December 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, nearly three quarter of them in Aceh.

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