Earthquake hits Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati
People in Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati and other cities came out from their respective offices and houses. No casualties or loss have been reported yet. Tsunami alert has been issued across the Indian ocean. [UPDATE: Tsunami alert issued to 28 countries]
An 8.9 quake shook Indonesia's Aceh province issuing a tsunami warning. Tsunami alerts have been issued in 28 countries all across the world. The tsunami centre's warning said quakes of such a magnitude "have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean basin". [Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days]
UPDATE:
Officials
on
high
alert
after
tsunami
warningUPDATE:
Sri
Lanka
shakes
under
Indonesian
quake;issues
tsunami
alert
Metro
services
in
Kolkata,
Bangalore
have
been
affected
following
the
quake.
Officials
claimed
that
they
don't
want
to
take
any
risk
as
people
may
face
difficulties
if
similar
kind
of
situation
occurs
once
again
in
the
cities.
UPDATE
AT
5:30PM:
Indonesia
reels
under
aftershocks
of
8.2;
India
shakes
tooUPDATE
AT
6:12PM:
3.9-metre
high
waves
witnessed
in
Andaman
Nicobar
islands
[Read:
Chennai
gets
holiday
after
tsunami
fears
on
Wednesday]
[Bangalore
quake:
Frenzied
calls
amounted
to
45
lakh
in
an
hour]
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