A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Bamboo Flat in India. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d7wy. Id of event: us1000d7wy. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 17:07:05 / March 15, 2018 @ 5:07 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:07:05 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 92.2633° East, 11.9132° North, depth 42.36 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.36 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Port Blair (c. 112 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bamboo Flat (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port Blair, Bamboo Flat.
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km WNW of Bamboo Flat, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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