No Tsunami alert for Indian islands after quake

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters) – India’s Andaman and Nicobar
islands are not in danger of a tsunami after an earthquake hit
the area on Sunday, the island chain’s top federal
administrator said.

“We have got reports from all inhabited islands through the
police and there has been no casualties or damage,” federal top
administrator Ram Kapse told Reuters. “There has been no
tsunami alert.”

The U.S. Geological Survey earlier said the quake measuring
7.0 struck at 1542 GMT. It said the danger of tsunamis had
passed if no such waves had been observed near the epicenter
within an hour. Kapse was talking over an hour after the quake.