M 7.7, Nicobar Islands, India region

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/images/globes/10_90.jpgSaturday, June 12, 2010 19:26:50 UTC
Sunday, June 13, 2010 01:26:50 AM at epicenter

Depth: 35.00 km (21.75 mi)





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from http://www.islandcrisis.net/2010/06/powerful-7-7-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-indian-ocean-tsunami-watch-effect/

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Indian Ocean on early Sunday, seismologists said, prompting a tsunami watch for several countries.

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake at 1.26 a.m. local time (1926 UTC Saturday) was centered about 157 kilometers (98 miles) west-southwest of Misha on India’s Nicobar Islands. It struck about 35 kilometers (21.7 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center immediately issued a tsunami watch for India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. “Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a destructive local tsunami and sometimes a destructive regional tsunami along coasts located usually no more than a thousand kilometers from the earthquake epicenter,” the center said.

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