The 2009 Andaman Islands earthquake occurred on August 11 at in the
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a mari ...
of
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
.
The earthquake magnitude was recorded as 7.5
Mw, and was the strongest in the region since the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time ( UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known in the sci ...
.
The
epicentre
The epicenter (), epicentre, or epicentrum in seismology is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates.
Determination
The primary purpose of a s ...
was 260 km north of
Port Blair
Port Blair (), officially named Sri Vijaya Puram, is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division (''tehsil'') of the islands, the headqu ...
, and tremors were felt in south-east India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand.
The
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), located on Ford Island, Hawaii, is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States, covering Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, as well as Puerto Ric ...
issued a tsunami watch to India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Thailand, but it was later lifted.
No casualties or injuries were reported, although there were complaints about minor damage to buildings.
See also
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List of earthquakes in 2009
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List of earthquakes in India
References
External links
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2009 earthquakes
Earthquakes in India
2009 disasters in India
History of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
August 2009 in India
Earthquakes in Myanmar