| A moderate earthquake struck near India's remote Nicobar Islands, which have been jolted by aftershocks since the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster, Hong Kong seismologists said on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the 5.4-magnitude quake, which struck at 1336 GMT on Friday. The tremor was centered about 300 kilometers (185 miles) northwest of Banda Aceh, the Indonesian city that was battered by the Asian earthquake-tsunami disaster, the Hong Kong Observatory said. Several moderate quakes have struck the same area in recent weeks. |