Seismic shifts caused by the December 26 earthquake may lead to another devastating quake in the area soon, warn scientists.
The quake measured 5.9 on the Richter scale. It shook parts of Nicobar Islands at 0508 IST, a Met official said.
The India batting ace will play in a Twenty20 match at The Oval in June for victims of the Asian tsunami.
The quake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, but there was no immediate report of death or destruction.
The quake, which occurred about 31 km underground, was in the same region as Monday night's quake that killed more than 1,000 people.
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A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale shook the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday evening but there were no reports of casualty or damage.
The tsunami warning centre, which has taken shape at the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services in Hyderabad, will issue alerts for the killer waves within 30 minutes of an earthquake. The centre will generate and give timely advisories to the Ministry of Home Affairs for dissemination to the public for which a satellite-based virtual private network for disaster management support has been established.
The National Criminal Intelligence Service has warned people of cheats out to make a quick buck by proclaiming they are raising money for tsunami victims.
The quake, which hit west of Kyushu Island at 0723 IST was centred at an 'extremely shallow' depth of 9 km below the ocean floor, measured 7 on the Richter scale.
India on Wednesdy said there was no likelihood of tsunami tidal waves being formed anywhere in the Indian Ocean region after an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude hit waters off western coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia.
A tsunami warning has been issued in north-eastern Japan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck off the east coast of Honshu. The Japan meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to one meter.
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The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 16 points at 6,584. After crossing the 6,600-mark in early deals and hitting a high of 6,608, the index drifted into negative zone after the government issued a fresh tsunami warning.
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The quake occurred in the early evening after sunset and was the second powerful temblor on Lombok in a week.
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The 6.5 magnitude quake on Thursday in the same region of Kumamoto brought down buildings, killing nine people and injuring about 800.
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A powerful earthquake has rocked the city of Sapporo in northern Japan just hours after large parts of the south of the country was battered by the biggest typhoon to hit in 25 years. The 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Thursday, triggering landslides, bringing down several houses, and killing eight persons. No tsunami warning was issued after the quake.
The warning system is designed to alert nations that potentially destructive waves may hit their coastlines within three to 14 hours.
Two students of IIT Gandhinagar are working on an early warning system that will help minimise the damage of massive earthquakes, reports Prasanna D Zore
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The reduced severity of Omicron is good news for now, but it is the result of an "evolutionary mistake" as Covid-19 is transmitting very efficiently and there is no reason for it to become milder, indicating that the next variant could be more virulent, a leading Indian-origin scientist from the University of Cambridge has warned.
A major earthquake just offshore rattled Chileans, killing five people and shaking the Earth so strongly the tremor was felt in places across South America.
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Nepal, which is reeling under Saturday's earthquake, is likely to experience widespread rains and thundershowers which may trigger landslides, according to the weather department which has asked people to remain alert.
'The Himalayas are the Creator of Life.'
At least four people were killed Saturday morning when a magnitude-6.4 earthquake hit Taiwan.
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