(News Today) - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Saturday issued a regional tsunami watch for all areas of the Indian ocean, following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake near India’s Nicobar Islands.
“A tsunami watch is in effect for India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, for other areas of the Indian Ocean region,” the Hawaii-based warning center said.
A major quake hit the Indian Ocean Sunday, around 160 kilometres (100 miles) from India’s Nicobar Islands, the US Geological Survey said.
“Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a destructive local tsunami and sometimes a destructive regional tsunami along coasts located usually no more than a thousand kilometers (620 miles) from the earthquake epicenter,” the tsunami warning center said.
However, it added, “it is not known that a tsunami was generated. This watch is based only on the earthquake evaluation.” The bulletin, it said, “is issued as advice to government agencies,” adding that the responsibility for issuing official alerts rests with national and local governments.
Source : kompas.com
Monday, June 14, 2010
Tsunami Alert after 7.7 Magnitude Quake Hits Indian Ocean
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