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`India no stranger to tsunamis'

Our Bureau

Hyderabad , Dec. 31

IS India a stranger to tsunamis? Despite the popular perception emerging in the past few days, the answer could be a no, going by the available historical records.

Though infrequent, at least, 10 tsunamis, have hit the Indian coasts in the past 150 years. Luckily the damage caused has not been very significant either. Giving this information, Dr B.K. Rastogi, earthquake expert at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), said, "Not being able to have a warning system was definitely the failure of the overall system and approach to the problem."

He said the most recent tsunami occurred on November 27, 1945 in the Arabian Sea, 100 km South of Karachi, causing 14 metres high tidal waves, which lashed the Kandla coast in Gujarat. The tsunami was triggered by an earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter Scale.

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