A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Bhachau in India. Exact location of event, longitude 70.4272 East, latitude 23.2663 North, depth = 22.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.85 km (14 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:03:09 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/03/18 / 2018-03-28 22:33:09 / March 28, 2018 @ 10:33 pm. Unique identifier: us1000dagp. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dagp.
The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Gāndhīdhām (c. 166 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bhuj (c. 133 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Morbi (c. 118 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Anjār (c. 66 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Wānkāner (c. 47 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Dhrol (c. 26 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wānkāner, Mundra, Halvad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).
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 one 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. 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: 8 km ESE of Bhachau, India.
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