Thailand lifts tsunami warning after Nicobar quake

Thai authorities lifted a tsunami warning early on Monday and declared the southwest coast including Phuket Island safe.

Thai authorities lifted a tsunami warning early on Monday and declared the southwest coast including Phuket Island safe after a major earthquake in India's Nicobar Islands, the National Disaster Warning Centre said.

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Earlier the Thai authorities issued a tsunami warning for the southwest coast including the Island of Phuket after a major earthquake in Nicobar Islands.

"There is a possibility of a tsunami happening and if it happens it will affect Phuket, Phang Nga, Krabi, Ranong, Satun and Trang provinces," the centre's director Plodprasop Surasawadi said in an emergency broadcast.

"We have asked authorities to issue the warning to people to prepare for evacuation and preparation to follow the emergency plan we have put in place.