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Sea water recedes in Chennai beaches, creates panic among public

Chennaittes were taken aback as the sea water in Marina and Pattinambakkam beaches receded by 10-15 metres on Wednesday midnight.

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This lasted for over 30 minutes after which the situation turned normal. However, people panicked and rumours linking Indonesian tremors to this occurence were making rounds.

A powerful earthquake of 7.3 magnitude struck Indonesia a couple of days ago. Sooner, a Tsunami alert was issued which was withdrawn. However, the warning was not issued for India.

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