No threat to India following 8.7 magnitude earthquake in Russia
8.7 magnitude
earthquake off the East Coast of Kamchatka in
Russia
, the
Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre
(ITEWC) said on Wednesday.
"Based on pre-run model scenarios, there is no
threat to India
," the centre said in a bulletin issued in the morning.
No further bulletins will be issued by ITEWC-INCOIS unless other information becomes available, it said.
The ITEWC-Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) is located at Pragati Nagar here.
One of the
world's strongest earthquakes
struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused small
tsunami waves in Japan
and Alaska and prompted warnings for Hawaii, North and Central America and Pacific islands south toward New Zealand.
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