Earthquake in Chennai News and Pictures
A tsunami warning was cancelled for South and Southeast Asia after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on Richter scale struck in the Indian Ocean, while a second earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.6, struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan Tuesday.
The earthquake in the Indian Ocean was centred about 262 km north of the Andaman Islands and took place at 1956 GMT, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The tremor was felt on the eastern coast of India including Chennai, Vizag, Kolkata, etc
chennai earth quake ( via image34.webshots.com )
Earthquake in Chennai ( via image34.webshots.com )
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii issued a tsunami watch for Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand, saying the earthquake was strong enough to produce a tsunami along coastlines within 1,000 km of its epicentre.
However, it cancelled the warning a few hours later “as sea levels indicated that a significant tsunami was not generated”.
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