Strong earthquake strikes the South Indian Ocean, no threat to land
March 15th, 2010 - 3:58 am ICT by BNO News ( Leave a comment )COLOMBO (BNO NEWS) — A strong earthquake struck the South Indian Ocean on early Monday, seismologist said. There was no threat to land.
The earthquake at 02.33 a.m. local time (20.33 UTC Sunday) had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 and was centered about 1,151 kilometers (716 miles) south-southeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. It struck about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake.
Because the earthquake was located so far from land, no damage or casualties are expected. The magnitude of the earthquake was too low to cause a tsunami threat.
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