INCOIS says no tsunami threat to India after Indonesia quake

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad-based Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) on Tuesday morning has issued an advisory of ‘No Tsunami Threat’ to India, following an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale, detected at Flores Sea in Indonesia. “Based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, the threat of Tsunami does not exist for […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad-based Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) on Tuesday morning has issued an advisory of ‘No Tsunami Threat’ to India, following an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale, detected at Flores Sea in Indonesia.

“Based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, the threat of Tsunami does not exist for India. INCOIS will monitor sea level changes near the epicenter region and report in case of tsunami threat,” the advisory said.

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Later the ocean observation and advisory services agency from Hyderabad also tweeted “Tsunami warning center, INCOIS detected an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on December 14 at 08.50 am at Flores Seas Indonesia.  There is no tsunami threat to India. Monitoring seal-level changes near the epicenter”.

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