[BREAKING] Indonesia Earthquake: Some Feared Dead While Tsunami Alert Is Called Off

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Indonesia and Australia have called off the Tsunami warning which was issued earlier after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck off the west coast of Sumatra at 8:49pm Malaysian time

A screengrab of the USGS map showing the epicentre of the earthquake.

Image via Astro Awani

Reuters reported earlier that there were fatalities as a result of the initial earthquake but Indonesia officials said there is no information on deaths from the earthquake so far

The earthquake sent residents of Padang rushing for higher ground.

Image via AFP/BBC

Tremors were felt in certain parts of Malaysia and Singapore

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