Moderate intensity quake in Nicobar Islands

A moderate intensity earthquake on Friday shook the Nicobar Islands which witnessed widespread devastation due to tsunami last year.

A moderate intensity earthquake today shook the Nicobar Islands which had witnessed widespread devastation due to tsunami last year.

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The quake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, was recorded at 0808 IST, the Meteorological department said.

It was epicentred off the south-east coast of Great Nicobar Island.

Thousands of people in the island group were killed when giant tidal waves hit following a 9-magnitude quake off the Indonesian coast on December 26 last year.

The islands have experienced hundreds of aftershocks since then.