Magnitude 6.4 quake hits off India's Andamans. Tsunami warning issued

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2010 (Reuters) — A magnitude 6.4 quake struck east of India's Andaman Islands and triggered a local tsunami warning, the U.S. Geological Survey and Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported on Monday.

The USGS said the quake struck at 1:21 a.m. on Tuesday (3:51 p.m. EDT on Monday) 75 miles east of Port Blair at a depth of 79.4 miles

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USGS report

No reports of damage yet.
This is at least the 4th strong earthquake over a 6.0 in the last 2 years at this location.

This is still breaking and not much news on it yet as far as I can find.

This quake comes almost 2 months to the day of another 6.4 earthquake in the same place on March 30th, 2010.

[edit on 31-5-2010 by webpirate]

The tsunami warning from NOAA says it was a 6.6.
Here is the warning text:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2007Z 31 MAY 2010

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1952Z 31 MAY 2010
COORDINATES - 11.1 NORTH 93.5 EAST
LOCATION - ANDAMAN ISLANDS INDIA REGION
MAGNITUDE - 6.6

NOAA tsunami warning full text.

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Fast catch of this news.

I've been so distracted with all the other news today that this one slipped past me.

Ah, another one.

Seriously, 5 years ago i had no idea what a tsunami was, and today they are everywhere.

It was very deep fromtheold.com...

The earthquake was a stagering 127.7 kilometers/ 79.4 miles in the earth, making it a deep earthquake according to the U.S Geological Survey.