A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Leh in India on Monday. The temblor was detected at 20:13:35 / 8:13 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 14:43:35 / October 29, 2018 @ 2:43 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 78.1299° East, 34.2399° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hij3. Id of event: us1000hij3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Leh (c. 37 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leh (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 51 km E of Leh, India.
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