A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 251 km ENE of Port Blair, India (156 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:42:40 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/17 / 2017-01-18 15:42:40 / January 18, 2017 @ 3:42 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.9875 East, latitude 12.2295 North, depth = 27.85 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007tz3. Id of event: us10007tz3. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.85 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 251 km ENE of Port Blair, India.
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