Port Blair, Apr 25: Two moderate intensity tremors shook Nicobar District of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The first earthquake measuring 5.7 was reported at 1.12 pm while the second earthquake of 5.2 in Richter Scale, was reported at 1.20 pm this afternoon between Little Andaman and Car Nicobar District, at a depth of 10 km.
According to Disaster Control Room Officials no injury or casualty has been reported.
The mild earthquake went mostly unnoticed by Islanders of A & N Islands.
Meanwhile, in an official release of A & N Administration said that the situation in Andaman & Nicobar Islands is normal though a series of earthquakes with magnitude in the range of 4.2 to 5.8 have been detected in the Nicobar Region over a period of a few hours, clustered around 1.00 p.m today.
“The situation in all the islands has been checked and it is found that the situation is normal and there have been no reports of damage of any kind. The State Control Room and the Emergency Operation Centres are operating round the clock and the situation is being monitored,” the release added.
