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EARTHQUAKE EAST OF SRILANKA SHAKES BUILDINGS IN COLOMBO BUT CAUSING NO DAMAGE OR TSUNAMI

By Walter Jayawardhana

During the morning hours of Wednesday July 18 buildings in the capital of Colombo shook due to a 5.2 magnitude earth quake that occurred in the Indian Ocean , the government of Sri Lanka said.
The earthquake that caused no damage happened in the Indian Ocean of the East coast of Sri Lanka.

The government’s national Disaster Management Center spokesman said the epicenter of the earthquake was in the Bay of Bengal 320 miles or 510 kilometers East of Colombo..
They said due to the earthquake there was no threat of a tsunami.

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