Earthquake Today: 6.5 magnitude earthquake rocks Bay of Bengal, tsunami threats ruled out
According to the latest figures by the National Centre for Seismology, the magnitude was 6.3 on the Richter scale. The tremors struck the Bay of Bengal at 00:11:50 IST.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located at a latitude 6.82 degree north: and a longitude of 93.37 degree east. The depth of the quake was recorded at 10 kilometres, making it a shallow one.
The earthquake occurred near the Nicobar islands — 538 kilometres south of Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar island.
According to the Indian Tsunami Early Warning System, there was no threat of a tsunami due to the earthquake today.
'Based on pre-run model scenarios, there is NO THREAT to countries inthe Indian Ocean. No further bulletins will be issued unless thesituation changes,' it said.
'No further bulletins will be issued by IOTWMS-TSP INDIA for this event unlessother information becomes available,' the notice added.
The earthquake struck 259 kilometers west-northwest of Sabang, in western Indonesia's Aceh province, the the United States Geological Survey said.
Aceh was the area most devastated by the magnitude-9.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people in 15 countries in 2004.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck India's Nicobar Islands on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
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