How strong was the recent earthquake that hit India?
USGS: huge earthquake hits in Indian Ocean By FOSTER KLUG (AP) – 22 minutes ago WASHINGTON — U.S. officials on Monday reported that a huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean and issued a regional tsunami watch for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was about 160 miles (257 kilometers) north of Port Blair in India’s Andaman Islands and about 20.6 miles (33 kilometers) deep. “The danger for a tsunami is real,” William Leith, an earthquake manager at the USGS, said in an interview. By comparison, however, Leith said that Monday’s Indian Ocean quake, though very large, was “many times smaller” than a massive earthquake in December 2004 off Indonesia’s western island of Sumatra that triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people. Also Monday, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shook Tokyo and surrounding areas. Quakes that occur that far apart are typically not related, Leith said, but it wa
Strong earthquakes have struck off the coasts of India and Japan, prompting tsunami warnings in both regions. An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale has struck in the Indian Ocean off India’s Andaman Islands. The quake has triggered a tsunami watch for India, Burma (Myanmar), Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh. Sources: http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0810/quake.
