M5.2 earthquake - 248 km SSE of Port Blair, India

What happened

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 248 km SSE of Port Blair, India on 28 May 2018, 02:00 UTC at a depth of 89 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 249 km away in Andaman and Nicobar, India.