A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Churachandpur in India. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/17 / 2017-08-02 18:18:08 / August 2, 2017 @ 6:18 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:48:08 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 93.5867 East, latitude 24.3341 North, depth = 53.57 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.57 km (33 miles). Event id: us2000a3r9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000a3r9.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mahur, Lāla, Silchar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Silchar (c. 152 400 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Churāchāndpur (c. 47 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kolasib (c. 25 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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 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: 8 km W of Churachandpur, India.
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