A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Leh in India. Exact location of earthquake, 78.0505° East, 34.2031° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 23:10:42 / January 6, 2019 @ 11:10 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j0y0. Id of event: us2000j0y0. The temblor was reported at 04:40:42 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leh. Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Leh (c. 37 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five 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. 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: 43 km E of Leh, India.
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