A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 260 km ENE of Port Blair, India (162 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 19:36:18 / December 2, 2017 @ 7:36 pm. The temblor was detected at 01:36:18 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.085° East, 12.1948° North. Event id: us2000c22l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c22l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each 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 four 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 260 km ENE of Port Blair, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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