“Based on historical earthquake and tsunami data, Tsunami Threat does not exist for India. INCOIS will monitor sea level changes near the epicentral region and report in case of tsunami threat,” INCOIS in its special bulletin said.
Tokyo: A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. The region is part of northern Japan that was devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami 11 years ago […]
New Delhi: The Government of India extends immediate relief assistance of USD 200,000 to support relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction efforts in the Kingdom of Tonga in the wake of Tsunami, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed on Tuesday. “As a close friend and partner under the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) and as […]
Hyderabad: In the early hours of Tuesday, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 on the Richter scale hit Flores Sea in Indonesia, roughly 4,300 km away from the Bay of Bengal. Within minutes of Indonesia issuing a local Tsunami warning, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Sciences (INCOIS), the Hyderabad-based Indian tsunami warning agency issued a […]
A video footage showed sea waters with the height of less than one metre entering coastal areas in Maluku Tengah district, triggering panic among residents.