'' Our Lord ! grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter and save us from the torment of the Fire '' [Ameen]
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Rabbanaa aatinaa fid-dunyaa hasanatan wafil aakhirati hasanatan waqinaa 'athaaban-naar/-
(Surah Al-Baqarah ,verse 201)
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Wednesday and triggered a tsunami watch. The tremors sent people
scurrying from buildings as far away as southern India.
A tsunami alert was issuedto countries all along the rim of the Indian
Ocean, from Australia and India toas far off as Africa.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the first 8.6-magnitude quake was a
shallow 22 km in the sea, 435 km from Aceh's provincial capital.
In India, tremors were felt almost all along the east coast, sending
people running out of their homes and offices.
Tremors of varying intensity were felt in TamilNadu, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal, apart from the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, which are the closest to the epicentre.
In Chennai, tremors were felt in many areas, forcing closure of
government offices, educational institutions and private companies.
Traffic on the roads was chaotic.
In Indonesia, the first temblor of 8.6-magnitude struck at 2.08 p.m.
It was followed by aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 6.6 to
8.2.
Soon after the first quake, the Hyderabad-based Tsunami Warning Centre
issued a tsunami alert for the coastal areas. With no sign of a
tsunami emerging, the centre was almost on the verge of withdrawing
the alert, when the second tremor occurred at 4.13 p.m. The alert was
continued and ultimately it was withdrawn around 6 p.m/
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