A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck near India’s Nicobar Islands, with the epicenter about 95 miles (150 kilometers) west of Mohean and 1,730 miles southeast of New Delhi, the U.S. Geological Survey said in an e-mailed statement.
The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory, alerting India to be on the lookout for the dangerous waves that can be generated by a tremor, and later canceled the warning, citing sea level readings.
The quake struck at 1:26 a.m. local time, the USGS said in its advisory. The earthquake was 275 miles west-northwest of Banda Aceh in Indonesia’s Sumatra, and 710 miles southwest of Bangkok, the agency said.
Another earthquake, of 5.4 magnitude, struck near the Nicobar Islands at 6:44 a.m. Malaysian time, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the Malaysian Meteorological Department. The department, which also issued a tsunami alert, lifted the warning, Xinhua said.
A tsunami generated by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the northern shores of Indonesia’s Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, left about 220,000 dead or missing in 12 countries around the Indian Ocean. It was the strongest quake in 40 years.
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