A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Bamboo Flat in India. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/03/17 / 2017-03-01 16:21:05 / March 1, 2017 @ 4:21 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:21:05 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 92.1878° East, latitude 11.6348° North, depth = 32.27 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.27 km (20 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008848. Unique identifier: us10008848.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Port Blair (c. 112 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bamboo Flat (c. 7 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port Blair, Bamboo Flat (min 5000 pop).
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. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km W of Bamboo Flat, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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