சுனாமி எச்சரிக்கை..?? !!

அந்தமானுக்கு வடக்கே 7.6 ரிக்டர் அளவில் நிலநடுக்கம் ஏற்பட்டுள்ளதால் சுனாமி எச்சரிக்கை விடப்பட்டு பின்னர் கேன்சல் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. இருந்தாலும் மக்களே செய்தியை பலருக்கும் சொல்லி எச்சரிக்கையாக இருக்கச் சொல்லவும். H1N1 தவிர இது வேற பயமுறுத்துகிறது.

சீனாவைத்தாக்கியுள்ள டைஃபூன் மிகுந்த சேதத்தை விளைவித்துள்ளது.


தொடர்புடைய செய்திகள்:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/india.earthquake/index.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Earthquake-strikes-off-Andamans-tsunami-alert-cancelled/articleshow/4879908.cms

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200908110320.htm

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5794XW20090810

Big quake hits off India's Andamans, no tsunami
Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:09pm EDT

By Sanjit Kumar Roy

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) - A major earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands early on Tuesday, but a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh was later canceled.

Three hours after the earthquake there were no reports of a tsunami or of any casualties from the tremor, officials said.

"We all ran out as fast as possible and have not gone back inside, fearing another quake. Everything was shaking, we are all very, very scared," Subhasis Paul, who runs a provision store in Diglipur island in North Andaman, told Reuters by telephone.

"People are calling each other out of their homes and everyone is huddled together outside," Paul said from Diglipur, about 300 km (185 miles) north of Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The small chain of islands lie hundreds of miles east of India in the Indian Ocean.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.7, struck at 1:55 a.m. (1955 GMT on Monday). It was relatively shallow, at a depth of 33 km (20.6 miles), and was centered 260 km (160 miles) north of Port Blair.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there could be a destructive wave along coasts up to 1,000 km (600 miles) from the epicenter, but it later withdrew its warning.

"Sea level readings indicate that a significant tsunami was not generated," it said in a statement.

Officials at the tsunami alert center in southern India said chances of a tsunami were remote.

"The earthquake has not caused displacement of water necessary to generate a tsunami either in the deep sea or near coastal locations," said Rajesh, a senior official at the Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services.

"We are monitoring the situation, but everything appears normal so far. It seems we have been lucky," added Rajesh, who goes by one name.

A 7.6 magnitude quake is classified by the USGS as a major earthquake and is capable of widespread, heavy damage.

A massive quake in the Indian Ocean in 2004 caused a tsunami that killed some 228,000 people, the majority in the Indonesian province of Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra island.

WOKEN BY A JOLT

"I was on the balcony, and it felt very strange for a while, like my chair was leaning to one side," said Reuters correspondent Martin Petty in Bangkok. "So I got out of there sharpish. Aftershocks went on for a good few minutes."