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India withdraws tsunami threat alert after Sumatra quake

Other News Materials 11 April 2012 18:35 (UTC +04:00)
Indian authorities withdrew a tsunami threat alert for its Andaman and Nicobar islands and coastal areas following the 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia Wednesday, dpa reported.
India withdraws tsunami threat alert after Sumatra quake

Indian authorities withdrew a tsunami threat alert for its Andaman and Nicobar islands and coastal areas following the 8.7-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia Wednesday, dpa reported.

"The expected period of significant tsunami waves is now over for all threatened Indian coastal areas," India's Tsunami Early Warning Centre said in a statement.

"Data from the sea-level gauges confirmed that a tsunami was generated," the centre said, adding the maximum wave height recorded on Indonesian shores was merely 0.6 metres.

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