WASHINGTON: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a regional tsunami watch for all areas of the Indian Ocean, following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Nicobar Islands.
"A tsunami watch is in effect for India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, for other areas of the Indian Ocean region," the Hawaii-based warning center said.
A major quake hit the Indian Ocean Sunday, around 160 kilometres (100 miles) from Nicobar Islands, the US Geological Survey said.
"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 kilometres (620 miles) from the earthquake epicentre," the tsunami warning centre said.
However, it added, "it is not known that a tsunami was generated. This watch is based only on the earthquake evaluation."
The bulletin, it said, "is issued as advice to government agencies," adding that the responsibility for issuing official alerts rests with national and local governments.
"A tsunami watch is in effect for India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, for other areas of the Indian Ocean region," the Hawaii-based warning center said.
A major quake hit the Indian Ocean Sunday, around 160 kilometres (100 miles) from Nicobar Islands, the US Geological Survey said.
"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 kilometres (620 miles) from the earthquake epicentre," the tsunami warning centre said.
However, it added, "it is not known that a tsunami was generated. This watch is based only on the earthquake evaluation."
The bulletin, it said, "is issued as advice to government agencies," adding that the responsibility for issuing official alerts rests with national and local governments.
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