It is possible of a powerful tsunami hitting the Australia's western coast after a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean late Monday night, warned the country's Bureau of Meteorology Tuesday.

The warning came despite other nations closer to the quake's epicenter, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, withdrew their warnings.

In a statement, the bureau also issued a high seas weather warning for the entire Western Australia coast.

The tsunami was observed passing through tidal gauges placed by the Australian government at the remote group of 27 islands, about1,100 kilometers southwest of Sumatra island, the bureau added in a statement.

The Dec. 26 tsunami that devastated several Indian Ocean countries was also detected at the same spot, measuring 33 centimeters, it said.

Seismologists at Geoscience Australia were quoted by media reports as saying "It seems perfectly reasonable to me that one should expect, one should be prepared for a tsunami of roughly the same size as that that happened on Dec. 26."