An earthquake of 4.8 magnitudes on the Richter scale hit Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar island on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, informed the National Center for Seismology (NCS) on Saturday.
The depth of the earthquake was 10 km and it occurred at 2:34 am. The location was 233 km in the SE of Portblair.
Earlier on 5 July, a series of earthquake had hit the island. An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hit at 5.57 am. After that, 2.54 am, a 4.4 magnitude had also hit 244 km south east of Portblair.
An earthquake of 5.0 magnitude hit at 2.34 am at 244km SE of Portblair, 4.4m at 2.13 am occurred 251km NNE of Campbell Bay, 4.4m at 1.48 am occurred 261km SE of Portblair, NCS showed.
At 1.30 am, a magnitude of 4.5 had hit at 262km N of Campbell Bay.
Prior to that, 4.5m at 1.07 am occurred 258km SE of Portblair, 4.3m at 12.46 am occurred 199km ESE of Portblair, 4.6m at 12.03 am occurred 218km SE of Portblair, the NCS shows
Meanwhile, A mild earthquake was experienced in Shirahatti village near Athani in the Belagavi district on Saturday morning. It had a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale.
No damages or loss of life was reported. According to a release by the State disaster management centre, the Epicentre was 2.3 km North-West of Kannur Gram Panchayat in Vijayapura. It lies on the border of Karnataka-Maharashtra.
The event happened at a depth of 10 kilometres at 06:22 am Co-ordinates were at Lat: 17.0398°N; Long: 75.6818° E, the release said.
National Center for Seismology (NCS) is the nodal agency of the Government of India for monitoring earthquake activity in the country.
