A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Sirajganj in Bangladesh. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/18 / 2018-01-30 14:15:16 / January 30, 2018 @ 2:15 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:15:16 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 16.25 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 89.5825 East, latitude 24.5706 North, depth = 16.25 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000czng. Id of event: us2000czng.
Country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Nāgarpur (c. 238 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mymensingh (c. 225 100 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Bogra (c. 210 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pār Naogaon (c. 192 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pābna (c. 186 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Tāngāil (c. 180 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushtia, Mymensingh, Bherāmāra.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km NW of Sirajganj, Bangladesh.
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