A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 147 km NE of Port Blair, India (91 miles). Unique identifier: us1000d5cv. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d5cv. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.64 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/03/18 / 2018-03-16 19:58:33 / March 16, 2018 @ 7:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 93.7512 East, latitude 12.5643 North, depth = 106.64 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:58:33 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 147 km NE of Port Blair, India.
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