Tsunami Threat To India

The tsunami of Covid-19 that's taking hold across China is spurring concern that a dangerous new variant could emerge for the first time in more than a year, just as genetic sequencing to catch such a threat is dwindling.

There is no tsunami threat to the country in the wake of the powerful 7.5 earthquake epicentered in Afghanistan that also shook north India and Pakistan.

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit the Bay of Bengal region on Wednesday night, officials from the Indian earthquake monitoring network said. The epicentre was 10 km below sea level but there is no tsunami alert, said officials from the Indian tsunami warning centre in Hyderabad.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) here on Wednesday appealed to people, particularly near coastal areas to not panic as there was no tsunami threat to India, after the massive earthquake in Indonesia. "Initially there was a tsunami threat, but it is not so now. The alert was issued as a precautionary step. There is no tsunami waves ...

The government today said there was no tsunami threat to India in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan.     In a statement, the Home Ministry said the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has informed that the tsunami threat does not exist in respect of India. &nb...

The tsunami of Covid-19 that's taking hold across China is spurring concern that a dangerous new variant could emerge for the first time in more than a year, just as genetic sequencing to catch such a threat is dwindling.

There is no tsunami threat to the country in the wake of the powerful 7.5 earthquake epicentered in Afghanistan that also shook north India and Pakistan.

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit the Bay of Bengal region on Wednesday night, officials from the Indian earthquake monitoring network said. The epicentre was 10 km below sea level but there is no tsunami alert, said officials from the Indian tsunami warning centre in Hyderabad.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) here on Wednesday appealed to people, particularly near coastal areas to not panic as there was no tsunami threat to India, after the massive earthquake in Indonesia. "Initially there was a tsunami threat, but it is not so now. The alert was issued as a precautionary step. There is no tsunami waves ...

The government today said there was no tsunami threat to India in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan.     In a statement, the Home Ministry said the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has informed that the tsunami threat does not exist in respect of India. &nb...