A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 51 km ESE of Mohean, India (32 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.81 km (32 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:55:14 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/16 / 2016-08-11 10:55:14 / August 11, 2016 @ 10:55 am. Exact location, longitude 93.7171° East, latitude 7.7304° North, depth = 51.81 km. Event id: us10006cwl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006cwl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 51 km ESE of Mohean, India.
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