A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Rudraprayag in India on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002ygc. Unique identifier: us20002ygc. Global time and date of event 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 23:48:08 / July 18, 2015 @ 11:48 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 79.1152° East, 30.4233° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:18:08 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rānīkhet, Bāgeshwar, Birbhaddar (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Rishīkesh (c. 66 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tehri (c. 27 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pauri (c. 26 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Srīnagar (c. 20 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Rānīkhet (c. 19 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Uttarkāshi (c. 17 100 pop).
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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km NE of Rudraprayag, India.
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