The quake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, was recorded at 0808 IST, the meteorological department said.
The Centre had issued the warnings across the Indian Ocean after a massive earthquake, measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale, off the Indonesian coast.
Ten moderate aftershocks rocked the Nicobar Islands at regular intervals, with the strongest measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, since Thursday night, the Met department said on Friday.
Several people who were part of the relief and rescue work also gathered at various places to mark the occasion.
The tremor was recorded at 0947 IST off the west coast of Great Nicobar Islands, the meteorological department said in New Delhi.
Meanwhile, aftershocks of moderate intensity continued to rock the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The government declared a state of disaster in the wake of the calamity as the casualty figures mounted and displaced people in the island's worst affected areas sought shelter in makeshift refugee camps.
A slight intensity quake was on Friday felt in many parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
No casualties were reported from the quake, likely to be a aftershock from the massive earthquake which shook the region last month, killing 39 people and injured more than 2,000. \n\n
Two tremors rocked Saurashtra, Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat. The epicentre was in the Sasan area of Talala taluka of Junagadh district.
The quakes were of moderate intensity.
Kutch district, which was almost flattened by the quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale, is today self-sufficient and now boasts of an Rs 130 crore hospital.
The low intensity quake which lasted just a few seconds had its epicentre 23 km north-west of Gangtok in the north district, the sources said adding, these tremors must have been felt in parts of north Bengal and Assam too.
The aftershock recorded at 12.58 PM was had its epicentre at a latitude of 34.8 degree north and longitude 73.8 degree east.
Two low intensity tremors, whose epicentre lay close to Koyna dam in Satara district, shook parts of Maharashtra, including Pune and Mumbai, on Tuesday.
According to the Regional Seismological Bureau, the epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 0505 IST, was at the Halajun township, 126 km northeast of the county town of Artux.
41,000 people were evacuated after the quake hit the northern island of Hokkaido.
The quake measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, but there was no immediate report of death or destruction.
Japan's Meteorological Agency has called off the tsunami alert that it had issued in the wake of the massive earthquake.
The quake has hit the same place where a quake triggered the Asian tsunami on December 26.
The quake, which hit west of Kyushu Island at 0723 IST was centred at an 'extremely shallow' depth of 9 km below the ocean floor, measured 7 on the Richter scale.
On Monday at 1514 IST many in Mumbai, other parts of Maharashtra and in neighbouring Goa and Karnataka felt mild tremors.
Its intensity surpassed that of other quakes in recent times and it was felt in the north Bengal region too.
The Indian Meteorological Department stated on Friday that 75 such tremors have been recorded since the December 26 earthquake.
At least 1,500 died in Tamil Nadu alone as the waves swept through the coastal areas, bringing in their wake death and destruction.
An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit Myanmar, tremors of which shook the northeast, several parts of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and even Delhi and NCR on Wednesday.
A theory put forward by geologists of Madras University say earthquakes can be predicted by studying the alignment of the earth with the sun, moon and other planets.
The tremor, whose epicentre was in the Kutch region of the state, struck at 11.51 pm, the Met office in Delhi said.
Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla said at least 2,000 people may have been killed in the earthquake that hit the Indonesian island of Nias on Monday night.
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