Location of earthquake epicenter. In response to another major earthquake, near India's Nicobar Islands (in the Indian Ocean , about 690 miles southwest of Bangkok , Thailand), government agencies briefly issued official tsunami warnings. However, it was later determined that the earthquake, although strong, was of a type which does not commonly spawn large tsunamis. The U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center reported that the earthquake occurred at 15:42:05 (UTC) on Sunday, July 24, 2005, and registered as a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. Its location is 7.926°N, 92.146°E The Japan Meteorological Agency reported at 16:11 UTC that an earthquake had occurred at 15:42 UTC near the Indo-Chinese Peninsula (8.7°N, 92.1°E). The scale of this earthquake was estimated by JMA to be 7.3 on the Richter scale , and its seismic center near the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Location of earthquake epicenter. In response to another major , near 's (in the , about 690 miles southwest of , Thailand), government agencies briefly issued official warnings. However, it was later determined that the earthquake, although strong, was of a type which does not commonly spawn large tsunamis. The 's reported that the earthquake occurred at 15:42:05 (UTC) on Sunday, July 24, 2005, and registered as a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. Its location is 7.926°N, 92.146°E The reported at 16:11 UTC that an earthquake had occurred at 15:42 UTC near the Indo-Chinese Peninsula (8.7°N, 92.1°E). The scale of this earthquake was estimated by JMA to be 7.3 on the , and its seismic center near the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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