Earthquake Information

June 12, 2010 (19:26:50 UTC)

Quake Location

Magnitude 7.5 Nicobar Islands, India Region

As determined by the US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), a major earthquake occurred Saturday 155 km (95 miles) west of Mohean in the Nicobar Islands region north-northwest of northern Sumatra. Light ground shaking was reported in Sumatra, the Andaman Islands, on Sri Lanka, and across the east coast of India.

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