On March 28th, in the coastal city of Madras, India, Indian fishermen began to evacuate the coastal areas after receiving the tsunami warning. It is reported that after receiving the news of a strong earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, the Indian government has issued a warning to the entire southern coastal area of India to let local residents evacuate as soon as possible to prevent another tsunami after the strong earthquake in the Indian Ocean. Xinhua News Agency/AFP

Xinhua News Indonesian Vice President yusuf kalla said on the 29th that the earthquake that occurred in the western waters of Sumatra Island in Indonesia on the evening of the 28th has killed between 0/000 and 2,000 people in Nias Island/KLOC.

Kara said that the initial death toll was estimated based on the collapse of houses, and rescuers have not yet counted the bodies. Kara also said that 80% of the buildings in the main towns of Nias Island were damaged. Indonesian police said that many buildings on Nias Island were completely razed to the ground, and panicked people fled to highlands far from the coast.

A strong earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 23: 09 local time on 28th (09: 00 Beijing time on 29th) near Sumatra Island (USGS) in Indonesia. This is the strongest aftershock since the magnitude 9 earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean on February 26th, 65438 last year.