[expatguy]

People this is bad very very bad.

People are being kept out of tall buildings here in Kuala Lumpur with some being evaquated.

Like I said, I have never heard of an earthquake here. No one has.

[Cheetah1]

Turkish Press -

Indonesian quake unleashes region-wide destruction

[Strategerist]

There's nowhere on earth where 8.5s are a routine occurance.....

But there was an estimated Mag 9 quake off Sumatra in 1833, and a Mag 8.5 off Sumatra in 1861, so they do happen there; it's tough to guestimate magnitudes before 1900.

[dogbyte12]

This earthquake is the strongest earthquake recorded on the planet in 40 years. This is serious crap.

The death toll is going to be heavy, mainly from tsunamis.