The Nicobar Islands were shaken on Sunday afternoon by two simultaneous earthquakes that occurred in less than an hour.
The first quake hit the islands at around 3 pm and another at 4 pm, according to the National Center For Seismology (NCS).
The first earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter Scale struck Island at approximately 2:59 pm, followed by another quake of 5.3 magnitude at around 4 pm.
As of now, no casualties or collateral damage have been reported as a result of the earthquake.
On April 6, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter Scale struck Andaman and Nicobar Islands 140 kilometres east of Portblair. There were no reported casualties from the quake.
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