A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Rampur in India. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:05:08 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 01:35:08 / August 27, 2016 @ 1:35 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 26.48 km, 77.6775° East, 31.498° North. Id of earthquake: us20006ufn. Event ids that are associated: us20006ufn. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.48 km (16 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barkot, Ghumārwīn, Bilāspur. Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Shimla (c. 173 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Solan (c. 40 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Mandi (c. 28 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Sundarnagar (c. 25 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kulu (c. 19 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bilāspur (c. 14 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 6 km NE of Rampur, India.
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