M5.0 earthquake - 213 km SSE of Port Blair, India

What happened

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 213 km SSE of Port Blair, India on 29 Dec 2021, 00:01 UTC at a depth of 92 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.

The nearest town in our records is Port Blair, about 214 km away in Andaman and Nicobar, India.