Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit the islands of Andaman and Nicobar when they hit southeast of Port Blair.
Highlights
- An earthquake hit the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
- It hit southeast of Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar islands.
- The magnitude of the temblor was 4.3 to 5.
- The tremor was in series and there were almost 22 tremors
An earthquake shook the island of Andaman and Nicobar. The magnitude of the tremor ranged from 4.3 to 5. The incident was in a series and almost 22 tremors were detected.
There have been no casualties reported till now. The people are safe and the tremor did not cause much damage.
This is not the first time this region is having a series of tremors. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are prone to earthquakes as they are high-seismic zones.
It happened On 1 April 2019. 9 intense quakes with a magnitude that ranges from 4.7 to 5.2. all nine tremors were felt in two hours.
The Himalayan seismic belt extends to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This belt is the most seismically active belt in the world. The country has witnessed a lot of devastating earthquakes in the last 2 decades.
These temblors include Uttarkashi(1991), Chamoli (1999), Sumatra(2004), Muzaffarabad(2005) as well as Nepal- Sikkim(2011).
The activities along this seismic belt show the spatiotemporal distribution of the quake during various periods of time.
NCS report about the earthquake
The national center of seismology (NCS) has reported that the depth of the earthquake was 30 km. It occurred in the early morning at 8:05 AM. This happened 187 km southeast away from Port Blair.
There was another quake earlier that day. It was at 5:57 am. The depth of this tremor was 44 km. This was 215 km southeast of Port Blair.
NCS tweeted on their official Twitter handle about both the tremors. They tweeted “earthquake of Magnitude:4.3, occurred on 05-07-2022, 08:05:04 IST, Lat:10.27& Long: 93.75, Depth: 30 km, Location: 187 Km SE of Portblair, Andaman and Nicobar Island, India”.
They also tweeted about the 5 am earthquake, “Earthquake of Magnitude: 5.0, Occurred on 05-07-2022, 05:57:04 IST, Lat10:54 &Long 93:75, Depth:44 km, Location: 215 Km ESE of Portblair, Andaman and Nicobar Island, India.”
The Indian peninsular has had its experience of earthquakes over a period of time. Thus, These incidents are not an indication of an increase in quakes in the country.
