[Memnoch]

I genuinely hope it doesn't happen again.

Quake strikes off Indonesia coast . Monday, March 28, 2005 Posted: 1:04 PM EST (1804 GMT) . (CNN) -- U.S. officials were urging residents to evacuate coastal regions in the Indian Ocean after a earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 struck off the coast of Indonesia Monday. . The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration urged residents within 1,000 kilometers of the epicenter to evacuate coastal regions. . The quake was centered on the same fault line where a December 26 earthquake launched a tsunami that killed at least 175,000 people. . The director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said scientists there feared another tsunami might hit the area. . Charles McCreary said he could not be certain that the quake, which was 203 kilometers (126 miles) from Sibolga on Sumatra Island, would cause a tsunami. . Experts agreed the quake was massive. . "This earthquake has the potential to generate a widely destructive tsunami in the ocean or seas near the earthquake," NOAA said in a statement on its Web site. "Authorities in those regions should be aware of this possibility and take immediate action." . Asked whether evacuations are taking place, USGS spokesman Don Blakeman said, "I certainly hope so." . From www.cnn.com