A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 123 km SW of Port Blair, India (76 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 91.9109 East, latitude 10.9218 North, depth = 29.03 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:42:13 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007emp. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007emp. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.03 km (18 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/16 / 2016-12-03 19:42:13 / December 3, 2016 @ 7:42 pm.
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 123 km SW of Port Blair, India.
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