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Port Blair. Earthquake tremors have been felt in many areas of Andaman and Nicobar. Its intensity was 4.1 on the Richter scale. These tremors came at 11.04 pm on Saturday night. There is no news of any damage to property due to the earthquake. According to the National Center for Seismology, the epicenter of this earthquake was located 3 km south-west of Diglipur in Andaman.
Earthquake tremors were felt in Andaman and Nicobar Islands last month as well. The National Center for Seismology had then reported that the magnitude of this earthquake was 4.9 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the quake was 70 km from Campbell Base. It was a matter of relief that even then there was no loss of life and property due to the earthquake.
earthquake hazard
According to a report by the National Center for Seismology, earthquake tremors occurred 10 times in 24 days in January this year on the soil of Uttarakhand and Himachal. It is being said that this is increasing the risk of a major earthquake. In terms of earthquakes, scientists have divided the country into five different zones. These are – Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and the entire area of North-East India, Kutch in Gujarat, North Bihar and Andaman and Nicobar are in ‘Seismic Zone-Five’. That is, in these areas, there can be a dangerous earthquake of 8 magnitude on the Richter scale at any time. This can cause great loss of life and property.
earthquake in ladakh
Last week, the Union Territory of Ladakh had an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude. The earthquake hit the Kargil area at 2.53 pm. Officials had said that its center was 30 km below the ground at 36.02 degree north latitude and 77.33 degree east longitude.
tremors in Kishtwar
Apart from this, an earthquake also occurred in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir last month. Its magnitude was 3.4. Whose center was in Kishtwar itself. Officials had said that no loss of life or property was reported from this. (with language input)
