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M6.1 Off Kalara
(Teresa Island) Earthquake, 2007 |
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Date: |
8
January 2007 |
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Epicentre: |
WSW of
Kalara, Teresa Isl. |
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Time: |
12:48:44 UTC (18:18:44 IST) |
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Latitude: |
08.109 N (PDE) |
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Longitude: |
92.553
E (PDE) |
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Depth: |
32.7 kms (PDE) |
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Magnitude: |
Mw
6.1 (GS-NEIC; HRV) |
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A
strong earthquake occurred in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of
Teresa Island in the Nicobar Islands on
8 January 2007 at 18:18 local time.
The earthquake had a magnitude of Mw=6.1.
The earthquake was centred
64.1 kms WSW of Kalara (Teresa Island, Nicobars), India,
86.7 kms WNW of Changhipoh (Kachall Island, Nicobars), India,
122 kms SSW of Malacca IAF Base (Car Nicobar Island), India,
154 kms NW of Cape Edinburgh (Little Nicobar Island), India,
195 kms NW of Campbell Bay (Great Nicobar Island), India,
276 kms S of Hut Bay (Little Andaman Island), India,
397 kms S of Port Blair (South Andaman Island), India.
This is the strongest earthquake in this immediate region since
the
Mw=7.3 Teresa Island earthquake
of 24 July 2005.
If you felt this
earthquake please take the time to fill out a
felt report questionnaire.
This earthquake is believed to have been felt as far as Port Blair
on South Andaman Island. Press
reports of unusual swells out to sea reported by fishermen off the
Nagapattinam coast of Tamil Nadu as well as the "frequent &
sudden" recession of the sea along the same coastline were not
related to this earthquake.
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References
01)
National
Earthquake Information Centre (NEIC), Golden, USA.
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Harvard Centroid Moment Tensor Solution (HRV), Harvard, USA.
03) Macroseismic information has been compiled by
the ASC from reports by local media and local NGO personnel.
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