The 2009 Andaman Islands earthquake occurred on August 11 at in the
Andaman Islands of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
The earthquake magnitude was recorded as 7.5
Mw, and was the strongest in the region since the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
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.
Surface damage
Before the instrumental pe ...
was 260 km north of
Port Blair
Port Blair () 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 headquarters for the district of South An ...
, and tremors were felt in south-east India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand.
The
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) is one of two tsunami warning centers that are operated by NOAA in the United States. Headquartered on Ford Island, HI, the PTWC is part of an international tsunami warning system (TWS) program and s ...
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.
Twelve minutes after the earthquake, the
2009 Shizuoka earthquake affected south
Honshū in
Japan.
See also
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List of earthquakes in 2009
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List of earthquakes in India
The Indian subcontinent has a history of earthquakes. The reason for the intensity and high frequency of earthquakes is the Indian plate driving into Asia at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year. The following is a list of major earthquakes whic ...
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 events in India
Earthquakes in Myanmar