Here's what NDMA Vice President Sashidhar Reddy said once again:

"There is no specific threat. It was a watch and alert. There is no likelihood of any tsunami in the Indian Ocean region," he said of the earthquake that struck the Sumatra islands. He said it was not the kind of tremor that usually triggers tsunami tidal waves.

"It is the kind of strike and slip earthquake which does not trigger tsunami. There was no vertical displacement of water under the sea," he said. "Tsunami possibility is virtually ruled out," he said, adding that the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration and the Army stationed there had informed the NDMA that so far no waves have been noticed in the island.

The initial projections issued by the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) showed the tidal waves triggered by the quake hitting parts of Nicobar, Komatra and Katchal minutes after it struck the region at 14:08 IST.
The ITEWC also issued an alert for coastal Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman islands forecasting the arrival time of the first wave.