Earthquake Magnitude 7.6 - ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION

USGS ^ | Monday, August 10, 2009 at 19:55:39 UTC | USGS

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Distances

260 km (160 miles) N of Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India 365 km (225 miles) SSW of Pathein (Bassein), Myanmar 825 km (510 miles) W of BANGKOK, Thailand 2295 km (1420 miles) SE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 9.8 km (6.1 miles); depth +/- 5.7 km (3.5 miles)
************************************** Foxnews said a Tsunai warning had been issued.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[joejm65]

It’s Bush’s fault.

[devane617]

Yep...watching now....big waves!!! Tsunami warning...

[evets]

[Ingtar]

Get off the beach Ernest!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

One just happened near Japan also....

See the World List:

Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days

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MAP 6.4 2009/08/10 20:07:08 34.727 138.278 26.8 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I’m getting nervous!

[lainie]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2005Z 10 AUG 2009


THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... A REGIONAL TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

INDIA / MYANMAR / INDONESIA / THAILAND / BANGLADESH

FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1956Z 10 AUG 2009
COORDINATES - 14.1 NORTH 93.0 EAST
LOCATION - ANDAMAN ISLANDS INDIA REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.6

Source

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for that graphic and the info....

Can you check on the 6.4 off of Japan also...?

[lainie]

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION/FORECAST POINT : COORDINATES : ARRIVAL TIME

INDIA
NORTH ANDAMAN 13.3N 92.6E 2021Z 10 AUG
LITTLE ANDAMAN 10.7N 92.3E 2053Z 10 AUG
PORT BLAIR 11.9N 92.7E 2121Z 10 AUG
GREAT NICOBAR 7.1N 93.6E 2136Z 10 AUG
KAKINADA 17.2N 82.7E 2205Z 10 AUG
BALESHWAR 21.6N 87.3E 2231Z 10 AUG


MYANMAR
PYINKAYAING 15.9N 94.3E 2047Z 10 AUG
CHEDUBA ISLAND 18.9N 93.4E 2100Z 10 AUG
SITTWE 20.0N 92.9E 2135Z 10 AUG
MERGUI 12.8N 98.4E 2243Z 10 AUG
YANGON 16.5N 96.4E 2321Z 10 AUG


INDONESIA
BANDA ACEH 5.5N 95.1E 2204Z 10 AUG

THAILAND
PHUKET 8.0N 98.2E 2244Z 10 AUG
KO PHRA THONG 9.1N 98.2E 2257Z 10 AUG
KO TARUTAO 6.6N 99.6E 0012Z 11 AUG

BANGLADESH
CHITTAGONG 22.7N 91.2E 2340Z 10 AUG

ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER FOR THIS EVENT AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

[Godebert]

What was the magnitude of the December 2004, earthquake? 9.0?

[HollyB]

oh, no - not again. Praying the people in the area hear the warning.

[lainie]

I don't see a wide tsunami watch posted for this earthquake that I can link to.