A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 167 km SSE of Port Blair, India (104 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 19:04:15 / June 20, 2018 @ 7:04 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000f229. Event ids that are associated: us1000f229. The temblor was reported at 01:04:15 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.72 km (44 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 location of earthquake, longitude 93.0909 East, latitude 10.1921 North, depth = 70.72 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 167 km SSE of Port Blair, India.
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