A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lakhipur in India. Unique identifier: us10005jku. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005jku. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 90.2255 East, latitude 25.9006 North, depth = 35.12 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:33:47 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.12 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/16 / 2016-05-16 18:03:47 / May 16, 2016 @ 6:03 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Koch Bihār (c. 78 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Lalmanirhat (c. 65 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bongaigaon (c. 64 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tura (c. 63 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Dhuburi (c. 62 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Goālpāra (c. 50 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sorbhog, Koch Bihār, Barpeta. Country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km SSW of Lakhipur, India.
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