A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 239 km E of Port Blair, India (149 miles) on Friday. Event id: us10002n5i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002n5i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:20:31 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 94.927° East, 11.3902° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 02:20:31 / July 3, 2015 @ 2:20 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 239 km E of Port Blair, India.
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