Andaman Quake

Reports tumbling out of tremors felt in Japan and across the east coast of India after the 7.6 quake off the Andaman Islands. NYT states that a tsunami warning has been issued for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh.

--UPDATE--

Tsunami watch for five countries (India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia) has been called off.
Ref: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/
Ref: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/10/india.earthquake/

For those of us who slept through the worry and frenetic NOAA-watching, bless you. May no one ever be woken by a disaster, ever again.
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