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earthquake in the Indian Ocean tsunami warning without consequences

quake of magnitude 7.5 off the Nicobar Islands

ROME - A strong earthquake of magnitude 7 , 5 hit the east Indian Ocean, off the Nicobar islands, some triggering tsunami alert since returned without casualties or damage were reported. The Centre's tsunami American PTWC " based in Hawaii but also responsible for the Indian Ocean, around 21:30 Italian time has issued a warning for the entire area including India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand and Malaysia. The alert ("watch"), the second level on a scale of three, was then reduced to India alone, and finally removed a little over two hours later.

The position of Sri Lanka - large island situated in front of the Nicobar Islands, although a significant distance across the Bay of Bengal - has prompted authorities to launch its own tsunami warning also considering the possibility of an evacuation and then became unnecessary: \u200b\u200b"There was no significant change in sea level," said an official of the Indian Ocean Tsunami center based in Hyderabad.

The region is mindful of the devastating tsunami in December 2004, an earthquake of magnitude 9.1 occurred off the coast of Sumatra, caused about 226,000 deaths in 13 countries in the region including in particular Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.

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Strong quakes in Japan, northeast of Tokyo

TOKYO - A strong earthquake of preliminary magnitude 6.2, was recorded in northeastern Japan at 12:33 local time (5:33 am in Italy). He reports the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), that the earthquake had an intensity of 5 on the 7 layers that make up the ladder detection Japan. No tsunami warning was launched despite the epicenter was located in the Pacific off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture (about 250 km north of Tokyo) and a depth of 40 km. The prefectures were affected by the shock cone, as well as Fukushima, those of Miyagi, Yamagata, Ibaraki and Tochigi. At the time, even according to reports from NHK, Japan's public television did not show damage to persons or property. The activities of nuclear facilities did not experience interruptions.

Source: Ansa.it