Powerful Quake Strikes Near Andaman Isls, India
Posted by feww on August 11, 2009
Magnitude 7.6 Quake Strikes Near Andaman Islands, India Region
Earthquake Location Map. Source: USGS
Earthquake Details
- Magnitude: 7.6
- Date-Time
- Monday, August 10, 2009 at 19:55:39 UTC
- Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 01:55:39 AM at epicenter
- Location: 14.013°N, 92.923°E
- Depth: 33.1 km (20.6 miles)
- Region: ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
- Distances:
- 260 km (160 miles) N of Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India
- 365 km (225 miles) SSW of Pathein (Bassein), Myanmar
- 825 km (510 miles) W of BANGKOK, Thailand
- 2295 km (1420 miles) SE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
- Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 9.8 km (6.1 miles); depth +/- 5.7 km (3.5 miles)
- Parameters: NST= 64, Nph= 64, Dmin=833.8 km, Rmss=0.86 sec, Gp= 72°, M-type=(unknown type), Version=6
- Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
- Event ID: us2009kdb2
Seismic Hazard Map [USGS]
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green
Historic Seismicity
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green
Source: USGS
Tsunami Evaluation:
SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE THAT A SIGNIFICANT TSUNAMI WAS NOT
GENERATED. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI WATCH ISSUED BY THIS CENTER
IS NOW CANCELED.
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