M5.0 earthquake - 201 km SW of Port Blair, India

What happened

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 201 km SW of Port Blair, India on 15 Sept 2016, 02:30 UTC at a depth of 21 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 201 km away in Andaman and Nicobar, India.