A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Mongar in Bhutan. Event id: us20002xqe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xqe. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.46 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:42:40 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/15 / 2015-07-01 02:42:40 / July 1, 2015 @ 2:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude 91.2869 East, latitude 27.2728 North, depth = 35.46 km.
Close country/countries, Bhutan (c. 700 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Barpeta Road (c. 35 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Pemagatshel (c. 13 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sorbhog (c. 7 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Samdrup Jongkhar (c. 7 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jakar (c. 4 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Trashi Yangtse (c. 3 000 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Mongar (c. 3 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sorbhog, Barpeta Road, Trongsa.
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km E of Mongar, Bhutan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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