8 quakes jolt Andaman & Nicobar islands

November 08, 2015 23:14

Eight earthquakes, including two major ones, struck the Andaman and Nicobar islands in a span of eight hours today, with each measuring around five or more on the Richter Scale, but there was no tsunami alert.

Another earthquake not far from the archipelago hit North Sumatra island in Indonesia, measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale at 3:04 PM and at a depth of 10 kms.

According to the Seismology Division of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the first earthquake occurred at 4:12 PM measuring 5.2, followed by another earthquake 11 minutes later measuring 5.

The third earthquake struck on 5:24 PM again measuring 5 after which at 6.54 PM, a quake measuring 5.2 hit the islands.

At around 8:04 PM, another jolt of 5.2 was recorded followed by a mild tremor of 4.9 which hit the islands at 8:17 PM.

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