Yahoo! News - India's Andaman islands shaken by 28 aftershocks in 24 hours

Yahoo! News - India's Andaman islands shaken by 28 aftershocks in 24 hours

India's Andaman islands shaken
by 28 aftershocks in 24 hours
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NEW DELHI (AFP) - At least 28 tremors have rattled India's tsunami-lashed Andaman and Nicobar Islands over the past 24 hours, a meteorological department official said.

The undersea tremors were aftershocks of a December 26 earthquake which registered 9.0 on the Richter scale and triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean, the official said on Friday.
The shocks, which began at 03:55 am on Thursday (1025 GMT Wednesday), ranged between 5.0 and 5.8 on the Richter scale.
'They are coming continuously. These are all aftershocks of the December 26 quake,' the official said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. "

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