An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred off the coast of the Nicobar Islands
An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 occurred off the coast of the Nicobar Islands. This was announced on July 28 on the website of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).
It is specified that the natural disaster was recorded at a depth of 10 km.
According to the organization, the earthquake occurred 282 km northwest of the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh with a population of about 250 thousand people.
On July 26, EMSC reported a magnitude 5.7 earthquake near the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. It was noted that the epicenter of the tremors was located 522 km northeast of the Indonesian city of Ambon.
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