A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Pipalkoti in India. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:49:50 / 8:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000bmru. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bmru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 15:19:50 / December 6, 2017 @ 3:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 79.1854 East, latitude 30.6375 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bāgeshwar, Rishīkesh, Lansdowne (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Rishīkesh (c. 66 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tehri (c. 27 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pauri (c. 26 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Srīnagar (c. 20 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Uttarkāshi (c. 17 100 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Joshīmath (c. 13 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Bāgeshwar (c. 8 700 pop).
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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km NW of Pipalkoti, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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