CUDDALORE, India - A fresh tremor hit Indian islands far off the country's eastern coast Monday, a day after massive waves triggered by an undersea quake killed at least 2,284 people in India. The temblor at daybreak Monday in the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the Bay of Bengal had an initial magnitude of 6.0, said Jaya Chandran of the New Delhi-based Indian Meteorology Department. Details on casualties and damage from the latest quake were not immediately known, the official said.
India was trying to recover Monday from the massive waves unleashed the previous day by the world's biggest quake in 40 years, a 9.0-magnitude quake off Indonesia. The government sent food and generators to coastal areas devastated by tidal waves, searched for survivors and told fisherman not to go to sea for two more days. Tamil Nadu was the worst affected, with [12-foot] waves sweeping away boats, homes and vehicles, said the state's top elected official, Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa. |