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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Major 7.5-quake strikes off India's Nicobar Islands |
| 2010-06-13 |
| NEW DELHI — A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck under the Indian Ocean on Sunday, triggering a tsunami watch for nearby islands and causing tremors reportedly felt along India's eastern seaboard. The quake hit at 1:26 am local time (1926 GMT) at a depth of 35 kilometres (22 miles) with the epicentre around 160 kilometres west of India's Nicobar Islands. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, based in Hawaii, initially issued a warning for the entire Indian Ocean region. This was downgraded to a warning for India only, when the magnitude of the quake was revised to 7.5 from 7.7, and later the centre cancelled the alert altogether. "Sea level readings indicate that a significant tsunami was not generated," the centre said in a bulletin. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 The lord is love an honest comment. I remember an earthquake kinda looked like that one. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-06-13 13:31 |
| #3 Fortunately, we now know what causes these quakes ... |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-06-13 12:06 |
| #2 i don't have my globe with me but i'm pretty sure it would come out somewhere in south america Hopefully it would be in the Tri-border area where terrorists and cartels have converged. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-06-13 11:00 |
| #1 ok so who is on the other side of that tectonic plate... plus who is on the other side of the world? Those things tend to spark another earthquake about 5 days later after the shock waves go through the mantle and converge under the plate on the other side of the earth's crust... or so i've noticed i don't have my globe with me but i'm pretty sure it would come out somewhere in south america |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-06-13 09:43 |