One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused small tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and prompted warnings for Hawaii, North and Central America and Pacific islands south toward New Zealand
Emergency service specialists inspect a damaged building following an earthquake on far eastern Sakhalin Island. PIC/AFP
There is no tsunami threat to the Indian coast following the 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the East Coast of Kamchatka in Russia, the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) here said on Wednesday.
"Based on pre-run model scenarios, there is no threat to India," the centre said in a bulletin issued in the morning.
No further bulletins will be issued by ITEWC-INCOIS unless other information becomes available, it said.
The ITEWC-Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) is located at Pragati Nagar in Hyderabad.
One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused small tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and prompted warnings for Hawaii, North and Central America and Pacific islands south toward New Zealand.
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