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  A Sri Lankan coastline resident looks on at the beach at Dehiwala, a suburb of Colombo. Sri Lanka issued a tsunami warning after a powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia. (Lakruwan Wanniarachchi, AFP)
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  Foreign tourists, evacuated following a tsunami warning, wait at the Phuket international airport. A small tsunami measuring 10 centimeters reached Thailand's coast after a massive earthquake off the coast of Indonesia struck. (Thadilok Kongjia, AFP)
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  A foreign tourists evacuated following a tsunami warning, waits at the Phuket international airport. (Thadilok Kongjia, AFP)
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  People are stuck in a traffic jam as they evacuate to higher ground after a strong earthquake was felt in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia. Two massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia sending panicked residents fleeing to higher ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. (Heri Juanda, AP)
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  A boy cries as he is carried by his mother as they evacuate to higher ground after a strong earthquake. (Heri Juanda, AP)
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  People look at walls damaged by a strong earthquake at a prison in Aceh province in Indonesia. Two massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warningss. (Kyodo News, AP)
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  A Tsunami alert team on a motor bike warn Sri Lankan coastline residents to leave for higher ground through a public announcing system in Dehiwala, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Gemunu Amarasinghe, AP)
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  A tsunami warning was issued for the entire Indian Ocean region after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off Aceh province in Indonesia.
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  A tsunami watch was issued for countries across the Indian Ocean after a large earthquake hit waters around 495km from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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  In this image from Indonesian television TV One, people on motorcycles and cars flee after a strong earthquake hit. (TV One, AP)
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  There is widespread panic as residents along coastlines flee to higher ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. (TV One, AP)
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  People run shortly after a powerful earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra. (Chaideer Mahyuddin, AFP)
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  Women hug each other and pray shortly after a powerful earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra. (Chaideer Mahyuddin, AFP)
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  People try to go to higher places shortly after a powerful earthquake hit and a tsunami warning was issued. (Chaideer Mahyuddin, AFP)
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  (Chaideer Mahyuddin, AFP)
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  This satellite image released by DigitalGlobe shows an overview taken in 2005 of southern Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia after the Indian Ocean tsunami. (DigitalGlobe, AP)
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  Residents on motorbikes and cars evacuate to higher ground. (Ichsan Ivansah, AP)
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  (Ichsan Ivansah, AP)
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  Sri Lankan coastline residents take refuge on higher ground at Dehiwala, a suburb of Colombo. Sri Lanka issued a tsunami warning across the tropical island. (Lakruwan Wanniarachchi, AFP)

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