As we pointed out earlier, the quake measures 8.7, according to the USGS. The 8.9 measure was according to Indonesia's geophysical agency.
On Twitter: Rajiv Menon from Bangalore says that ITPL, Electronic City all evacuated
NDTV's nitin gokhale says Standard drills activated in entire Andaman Nicobar island chain. At Port Blair, people ran out of their houses, say eyewitnesses.