After-shocks would continue: Met Dept

Indian Meterological Department has autioned that after-shocks of the earthquake would continue in the coming days.

The Indian Meterological Department on Sunday cautioned that after-shocks of the massive earthquake that struck Indonesia and Andaman and Nicobar islands would continue in the coming days.

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Dr AK Shukla, Director at IMD seismological division, said that southern Indian coast belt was "still experiencing after-shocks which may contine in the coming days".

However, in course of time, the intensity and frequency of aftershocks diminishes, he said. Shukla said the Andaman earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale occurred after the Sumatra Island quake.

"It is a kind of new experience - there were two earthquakes of great magnitude. One in Sumatara and the other in Andaman," Dr Rajesh Prakash, another Director at the IMD seismological division, said.

He said IMD observatories are recording the aftershocks and a report would be compiled in the coming days.

A report on the crustal structure on the affected areas would be compiled with involvement of agencies like Geological Survey of India and National Geophysical Research Instiute (NGRI), he said.

The department had installed about 15 monitoring devices in south India which are picking up signals, Prakash said.