A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Leh in India. 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 78.1903 East, latitude 34.3492 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 14:56:47 / October 29, 2018 @ 2:56 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000i61m. Event ids that are associated: us2000i61m. The temblor was picked up at 20:26:47 / 8:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Leh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Leh (c. 37 500 pop).
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 59 km ENE of Leh, India.
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