A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 133 km SW of Port Blair, India (83 miles). Event id: us1000dr23. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dr23. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:15:43 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 91.7753 East, latitude 10.9364 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 01:15:43 / April 24, 2018 @ 1:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 133 km SW of Port Blair, India.
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