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No risk of tsunami following earthquake in Sumatra
There is no risk of tsunami following a 6.6 magnitude earthquake which struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra this morning, the Department of Meteorology has announced.
Summary
The Department of Meteorology has confirmed that there is no tsunami threat to Sri Lanka following a 6.3 magnitude earthquake near Indonesia's Sumatra island, close to Aceh province, earlier today (27 November). Sri Lanka's National Tsunami Early Warning Center issued an official notification declaring all coastal areas safe."There is no tsunami threat to Sri Lanka at present with the effect of the above earthquake.
What this story is about
Organisations
- Department of Meteorology3
- National Tsunami Early Warning Center
- National Tsunami Early Warning Centre
Places
- Sri Lanka4
- Indonesia2
- Northern Sumatra
- Sumatra island
- Aceh Province
- North Sumatra
- Indian Ocean
- Sumatra
Keywords
- earthquake3
- magnitude3
- threat2
- dismissed
- following
- confirms
- declared
- coastal
- exists
- struck
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