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Earthquake in India's Andaman Islands Rocks Coast - 6.7 Magntitude

Port Blair : India | about 1 year ago  
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A earthquake struck the southwest area of the Andaman capital, Port Blair which sent residents and tourist scrambling.

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  • News Source: China Post | about 1 year ago
    A strong aftershock struck India's remote Andaman Islands on Saturday but there was no tsunami alert and there were no reports of damage, officials said. "The magnitude is 5.7. There is no tsunami alert," Srinivas Kumar, an official at the Indian...
  • News Source: WTVG | about 1 year ago
    Officials say the second strong earthquake in two days has shaken India's Andaman Islands. The Indian Meteorological Department says the magnitude 6.1 quake hit Saturday evening about 95 miles southwest of the Andaman capital, Port Blair. It says no...
  • News Source: Turkish Press | about 1 year ago
    A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre of the quake was 140 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Port Blair, the capital of the islands...The...
  • News Source: CNN | about 1 year ago
    A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck off India's Andaman Islands...The Andaman Islands were one of the areas worst hit by the December, 2004 tsunami. Jeya Chandran of the Indian Meteorological Department said Saturday there were no reported injuries...
  • News Source: WTVG | about 1 year ago
    Officials say the second strong earthquake in two days has shaken India's Andaman Islands. The Indian Meteorological Department says the magnitude 6.1 quake hit Saturday evening about 95 miles southwest of the Andaman capital, Port Blair. It says no...
  • News Source: Daily News & Analysis | about 1 year ago
    The Andaman and Nicobar Islands were again jolted by three successive tremors on Saturday, just a day after three quakes shook the islands, official sources said. Deputy Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, S N Jha said, the latest tremor...
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  • Blog Source: experiencecertainty.blogspot.com
    An undersea earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck off India's Andaman islands.... The epicentre of the quake was 115 kilometres (70 miles) southwest from capital Port Blair
  • Blog Source: making-update.blogspot.com
    quake struck at 5:40 p.m. Friday. A police officer in Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman... earthquake hits India's Andaman Islands The Indian Meteorological Department says a 6.7-magnitude
  • Blog Source: yorkdispatch.inyork.com
    this? Strong earthquake hits India's Andaman Islands The Associated Press... Meteorological Department says a 6.7-magnitude earthquake has stuck the Andaman Islands off the east coast
  • Blog Source: soyawannaknow.blogspot.com
    ... jolted the Andaman Islands off the east coast of India Friday, but no tsunami alert was issued by authorities, officials said. The undersea quake struck at 5:10 pm (1140 GMT) 113 kilometres west of the state capital Port Blair, ...
  • Blog Source: www.indiashines.com
    The epicentre of the quake was 115 kilometres (70 miles) southwest from capital Port Blair, the USGS said. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, however, said that "a destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist ...
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