{"id":327679,"date":"2025-02-24T16:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T10:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=327679"},"modified":"2025-02-28T16:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:29:30","slug":"andaman-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/andaman-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Andaman Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Andaman Sea.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Andaman Sea<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th.bing.com\/th\/id\/OIP.RiwmY1lX_ktEiuMcGnEViwAAAA?rs=1&amp;pid=ImgDetMain\" alt=\"Map Of Andaman Sea \" width=\"474\" height=\"242\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Alexia Lorraine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Andaman Sea<\/strong> is a marginal sea of the eastern <strong>Indian Ocean<\/strong>, situated to the southeast of the <strong>Bay of Bengal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is bordered by:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)<\/strong> to the west<\/li>\n<li><strong>Myanmar<\/strong> to the north and northeast<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thailand<\/strong> to the east<\/li>\n<li><strong>Malaysia<\/strong> to the southeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It includes the <strong>Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India)<\/strong> and <strong>Mergui Archipelago (Myanmar)<\/strong>. These islands act as a natural barrier between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.<\/li>\n<li>It forms part of the <strong data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"535\">Sunda Plate<\/strong>, which is bordered by the <strong data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"578\">Indian Plate<\/strong> to the northwest and the <strong data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"624\">Australian Plate<\/strong> to the southeast.<\/li>\n<li>It is located in a <strong>seismically active region<\/strong> with frequent earthquakes and tsunamis.<\/li>\n<li>It is a major shipping route connecting the I<strong>ndian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Malacca.<\/strong> It supports fisheries, tourism, and offshore oil and gas exploration.<\/li>\n<li>The Andaman Sea hosts diverse ecosystems such as <strong>coral reefs, seagrass meadows, and mangrove forests<\/strong>, which serve as vital habitats and support a wide range of species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Andaman Sea. About Andaman Sea The Andaman Sea is a marginal sea of the eastern Indian Ocean, situated to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal. It is bordered by: India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) to the west Myanmar to the north and northeast Thailand to the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/andaman-sea\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Andaman Sea<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":328281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,12057],"class_list":["post-327679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-oneind","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Alexia-Lorraine-2.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}