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M6.3 Miroe Island
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Date: |
24
January 2005 |
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Epicentre: |
SW of Miroe Island, Nicobars |
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Time: |
04:16:48 UTC (09:46:48 IST)
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Latitude: |
07.375 N (NEIC) |
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Longitude: |
93.453 E (NEIC) |
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Depth: |
25.0 kms (NEIC) |
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Magnitude: |
Mw
6.3 (HRV),
6.2 (NEIC). |
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A
strong earthquake struck the Nicobar
Islands on 24 January 2005. It had a magnitude of
Mw=6.3 and was felt in
the Nicobar Islands and in adjoining parts of Sumatra.
This earthquake is an aftershock to the
Sumatra-Andaman earthquake on 26 December 2004.
The earthquake
was centred 17.4 kms
SW of Miroe Island (Nicobar Islands), India,
or 25.5 kms WNW of Edinburgh Point (Little Nicobar
Island), India,
or 62.9 kms SSW of
West Bay (Katchall
Island), India,
or 65.9 kms NW of Campbell Bay (Great
Nicobar Island), India,
or 213 kms SSW of Malacca (Car Nicobar
Island), India,
or 290 kms NW of Banda Aceh (Aceh, Sumatra), Indonesia.
Felt
at Campbell Bay on Great Nicobar Island, rattling buildings and
sending people out into the open. Also felt at Banda Aceh, where it
rattled houses and sent people running outdoors. Mild tremors were
also experienced in high-rise buildings in north Chennai and at
Adyar, Santhome and Triplicane areas of the city. Shocks were also
felt aboard ships near the Nicobar Islands. |
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References
01)
National
Earthquake Information Centre (NEIC), Golden, USA.
02)
Harvard Centroid Moment Tensor Solution (HRV), Harvard, USA.
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Macroseismic information has been compiled by
the ASC from reports by local media and local NGO personnel.
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