A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Naya Bazar in India on Sunday. Global time and date of event 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 23:43:45 / December 2, 2017 @ 11:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 88.1528 East, latitude 27.3571 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:13:45 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000bkfr. Event ids that are associated: us1000bkfr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dhankutā, Bhadrapur, Shiliguri (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Shiliguri (c. 515 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Dārjiling (c. 123 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Naksalbāri (c. 57 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Kārsiyāng (c. 46 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kālimpang (c. 43 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Gangtok (c. 30 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 27 km NNW of Naya Bazar, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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