Earthquake in Indian Ocean, Tamil Nadu Tremors
A strong 7.7-magnitude earthquake quake struck the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake at 1.26 a.m. local time (1926 UTC Saturday)’s epicenter is 157 kilometers (98 miles) west-southwest of Misha on India’s Nicobar Islands.
It struck about 35 kilometers (21.7 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a Tsunami alert for India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia.
“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 from the earthquake epicenter,” the center said.
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Posted by Starwin on 12th June, 2010
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