India News | Earthquake of Magnitude 4.3 Strikes Andaman Sea

Andaman and Nicobar [India], August 29 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman Sea on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology informed.

The tremors struck at 3:50 AM on Tuesday. According to NCS, the earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10 km.

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"Earthquake of Magnitude:4.3, Occurred on 29-08-2023, 03:50:10 IST, Lat: 11.46 & Long: 93.34, Depth: 10 Km ,Location: Andaman Sea," the NCS posted on X.

Earlier yesterday, an earthquake of magnitude 3.8 on the Richter scale hit the Surguja district of Chhattisgarh.

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According to the NCS, the earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometres.

"Earthquake of Magnitude:3.8, Occurred on 28-08-2023, 20:04:31 IST, Lat: 23.21 & Long: 83.22, Depth: 10 Km, Region: Surguja, Chhattisgarh", said the NCS on 'X'.

According to the National Seismology Centre, the earthquake occurred at 8:04 p.m. (ANI)

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