The Indian Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands have been struck by an earthquake registering 6.3 on the Richter Scale. The epicenter of the earthquake lay south west of Port Blair, the Andaman Islands capital.
Although the Andaman Islands earthquake drove inhabitants out of their homes in panic, there are as yet no known fatal or serious injuries. The damage was light and no tsunami alert was issued.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which lie northwest of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, were severely hit the by tsunami of 26 December 2004. - Radio Netherlands Reports
Wikipedia reports reads that The Andaman Islands are a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal, and are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India. Port Blair is the chief community on the islands, and the administrative centre of the Union Territory. The Andaman Islands form a single administrative district within the Union Territory, the Andaman district (the Nicobar district was separated and established as a new district in 1974). The population of the Andamans was 314,084 in 2001.
A small airport in Port Blair (IXZ) serves flights from the Indian cities of Kolkata (Calcutta) (CCU) and Chennai (Madras) (MAA). Due to the length of these routes and the small number of airlines flying to the islands, fares have traditionally been relatively expensive, although cheaper for locals than visitors. Fares are high during peak seasons of spring and winter, but fares have been decreased over the time due to large expansion of aviation industry in India. Now going to Andaman through air is almost equal to the fares given via ship route.
This Airport has been named after Indian freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as "Veer Damodar Savarkar Airport". This airport is under control of Indian Air Force, so due to security reasons night flights are not allowed on Port Blair.
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