Earthquake in Chennai: Cell phone services affected
Meanwhile, a tsunami warning has been issued to 28 countries including India. [UPDATE: Indonesia reels under aftershocks of 8.2; India shakes too]
According to the tsunami centre's warning, quakes of such a magnitude "have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean basin". They also said that a wave of 0.2m height is expected.
Tremors were felt across Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar and several other cities situated on the eastern coast of India. [Read: Chennai gets holiday after tsunami fears on Wednesday]
Meanwhile,
no
casualties
have
been
reported
so
far
and
people
have
been
asked
to
move
away
from
the
coasts.
[UPDATE
AT
6:14PM
-
3.9-metre
high
waves
witnessed
in
Andaman
Nicobar
islands]
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