A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Kishtwar in India on Tuesday. 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: us10005jjq. Unique identifier: us10005jjq. The temblor was reported at 15:48:02 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.78 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 75.9009° East, 33.182° North, depth 48.78 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/05/16 / 2016-05-24 10:18:02 / May 24, 2016 @ 10:18 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qāzigund, Udhampur, Chamba (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Udhampur (c. 80 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Chamba (c. 21 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Kishtwār (c. 20 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Doda (c. 17 700 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Bhadarwāh (c. 13 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rāmnagar (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km SE of Kishtwar, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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