Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Strong but deep earthquake strikes east of India�s Andaman Islands in
the Bay of Bengal
Monday, May 31st, 2010 at 8:11 pm
ANDAMAN ISLANDS (BNO NEWS) -- A strong but deep earthquake struck east
of India's Andaman Islands on early Tuesday, seismologists said.
The 6.4-magnitude earthquake at 1.21 a.m. local time (1951 UTC) was
centered about 122 kilometers (76 miles) east-southeast of Port Blair,
the capital of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It struck about
127.7 kilometers (79.4 miles) deep, making it a deep earthquake,
according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
There was no immediate word of damage or casualties from the
earthquake, and no tsunami alert was issued.