Port Blair: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.9 on the
Richter Scale hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday morning. The quake shook
people from their sleep, causing alarm on a string of islands, but there were
no reports of casualties. According to Met Department officials, the earthquake
occurred at 4:39 a.m. at a latitude of 13.4 degree north and a longitude of 93.0
degree east. The quake struck at a depth of 11-kilometre, with the epicentre 180
kilometres from Port Blair in the Indian Ocean. The government has not issued
Tsunami warning. On June 1, a strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake had hit the islands
which was also not followed by Tsunami.
