A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Beri Khas in India on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.19 km (9 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:57:24 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/09/16 / 2016-09-10 15:27:24 / September 10, 2016 @ 3:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 76.5836 East, latitude 28.7474 North, depth = 15.19 km. Id of earthquake: us10006nsd. Event ids that are associated: us10006nsd.
Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Uchāna, Murādnagar, Asandh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Delhi (c. 10 928 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Farīdābād (c. 1 220 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ghāziābād (c. 1 199 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Karol Bāgh (c. 505 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from New Delhi (c. 317 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Rohtak (c. 317 200 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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: 5 km N of Beri Khas, India.
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