Indonesia earthquake - in pictures

Acehnese people run shortly after a powerful earthquake hit the western coast of Sumatra in Banda Aceh
Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images

Acehnese people try to get to higher ground after a powerful earthquake struck off Banda Aceh Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images

An officer from one of Sri Lanka's local disaster management committees warns people living near the sea in Colombo to evacuate Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

Acehnese women hug and pray in Banda Aceh. A massive 8.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island, parts of which were devastated by the 2004 tsunami Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images

Traffic jams quickly built up as people tried to flee coastal areas on scooters, motorbikes and cars in Banda Aceh Photograph: Junaidi Hanafiah/Reuters

People standing outside their office buildings after tremors were felt in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. The Indian government issued a tsunami alert warning coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, plus the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA

Sri Lankan guards patrol the beach at Dehiwala, a suburb of Colombo Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images

Nervous residents of Banda Aceh evacuating their villages after a tsunami warning was issued Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA

Fearful residents of Banda Aceh are helped to evacuate following the tsunami warning Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA

Sri Lankans leave their homes with just a few belongings after the government issued a tsunami warning in Colombo Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters