A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Nongstoin in India. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/17 / 2017-12-11 03:35:13 / December 11, 2017 @ 3:35 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:05:13 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 90.8726 East, latitude 25.7439 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000c2rj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c2rj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sapatgrām, Gauripur, North Guwāhāti. Nearby country/countries, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Netrakona (c. 79 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bongaigaon (c. 64 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tura (c. 63 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Dhuburi (c. 62 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Goālpāra (c. 50 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barpeta (c. 48 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bilāsipāra (c. 37 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 46 km WNW of Nongstoin, India.
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