Port Blair: Earthquake tremors were once again felt in the Andaman Nicobar Islands group today i.e. Wednesday, August 2 morning. In this regard, the National Center for Seismology has informed us that earthquake tremors have been felt on the Nicobar Islands at 5.40 am today.
The intensity was 5.0 on the Richter scale
Along with this, the National Center for Seismology also informed that the intensity of the earthquake was measured at 5.0 on the Richter scale. However, no casualty has been reported so far, he added.
Significantly, on July 28 also, tremors of a 5.8 magnitude earthquake were felt in Andaman-Nicobar Island at 12.53 pm. The tremors were felt at a distance of 126 km to the southeast of Port Blair. Then the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 69 km.
According to the German Research for Geosciences (GFZ) on the incident, the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 69 km in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. At the same time, these dangerous tremors of the earthquake have been felt by the people sleeping inside the houses at night, all Suddenly started running out of their houses. However, there was no news of any loss of life or property due to the earthquake.
