Magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Nicobar Islands, no tsunami alert

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked India’s Nicobar Islands area early Tuesday (July 29, 2025) however didn’t set off a tsunami alert, the USA Geological Survey and Tsunami Warning System stated.

The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) at 12 minutes previous midnight native time (18:42 GMT Monday), 259 kilometers west-northwest of Sabang, in western Indonesia’s Aceh province, the USGS stated.

Aceh was the world most devastated by the magnitude-9.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed greater than 220,000 individuals in 15 international locations in 2004.