A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Leh in India. Exact location, longitude 76.9222° East, latitude 33.4741° North, depth = 28.99 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/17 / 2017-12-09 10:43:08 / December 9, 2017 @ 10:43 am. Event id: us2000c2cc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c2cc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.99 km (18 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:13:08 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Leh (c. 37 500 pop), 4 km (2 miles) from Padam (c. 25 000 pop). Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Leh, Padam (min 5000 pop).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 98 km SW of Leh, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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