A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Bamboo Flat in India. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.5 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:47:46 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10002xlp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xlp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 92.2295 East, latitude 11.791 North, depth = 13.5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 20:47:46 / August 3, 2015 @ 8:47 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Port Blair (c. 112 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Bamboo Flat (c. 7 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port Blair, Bamboo Flat (min 5000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 54 km W of Bamboo Flat, India.
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