M5.3 earthquake - 190 km SSE of Port Blair, India

What happened

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 190 km SSE of Port Blair, India on 19 Apr 2016, 20:32 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Port Blair, about 191 km away in Andaman and Nicobar, India.