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| Major quake measuring 7.0 strikes Nicobar Islands |
| 2005-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON - A major earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Indiaâs remote Nicobar Islands at around 1542 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake monitoring center said in a bulletin that the âmajorâ quake struck the Nicobar Islands about 135 kilometers west of Misha, Nicobar Islands or about 440 kilometers northwest of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. âNo reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time; however, this earthquake may have caused damage due to its location and size,â the USGS cautioned. The Denver-based quake-monitoring survey said the quake has been felt as far away as Chennai, India and Phuket, Thailand. In a separate statement, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center warned in a bulletin that âearthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a few hundred kilometers of the earthquake epicenter.â âAuthorities in the region of the epicenter should be aware of this possibility and take appropriate action,â the center said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |