A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Gaibandha in Bangladesh. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:21:57 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us100035vn. Unique identifier: us100035vn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/15 / 2015-08-28 19:21:57 / August 28, 2015 @ 7:21 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.4 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 89.523 East, latitude 25.4098 North, depth = 12.4 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dinājpur, Pār Naogaon, Gauripur. Nearby country/countries, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Rangpur (c. 343 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bogra (c. 210 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Dinājpur (c. 206 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Saidpur (c. 199 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pār Naogaon (c. 192 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Jamālpur (c. 167 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 9 km NNW of Gaibandha, Bangladesh.
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