Earthquake — India: Andaman I,Nicobar I

When

31 Dec 1881

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.9

Where

India

Coordinates

8.52° N, 92.43° E

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Seismic event

The 1881 Nicobar Islands earthquake occurred at about 07:49 local time on 31 December, with an epicentre beneath Car Nicobar. It occurred as two separate ruptures, the largest of which had an estimated magnitude of 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale and triggered a tsunami that was observed around the Bay of Bengal. It is probably the earliest earthquake for which rupture parameters have been estimated instrumentally.

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