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Off-shore earthquake triggers tsunami scare

Fearful Acehnese fill the streets in a rush to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra.

Fearful Acehnese fill the streets in a rush to higher ground after a powerful earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra.  (Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP/Getty Images)

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A magnitude-8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia in roughly the same area as the powerful quake that hit in 2004. Warning and monitoring systems put in place after the 2004 Asian tsunami appeared to work well Wednesday.

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The street was as safe a place as any for patients evacuated from a hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.  (AFP/Getty Images)

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Foreign tourists evacuated in response to the tsunami warning gather at the Phuket international airport in Thailand.  (Thadilok Jongjia / AFP/Getty Images)

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An Indian police officer on horseback instructs visitors at Marina Beach to move to higher ground.  (Nathan G / EPA)

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Indian fishing boats anchored in the Arabian Sea near the village of Pali near Mumbai prepare to ride out the tsunami.  (Divyakant Solanki / EPA)

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Aceh residents fearing aftershocks from the earthquake that struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra spend the night outdoors.  (Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA)

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