A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Leh in India. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.19 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/01/19 / 2019-01-10 02:52:04 / January 10, 2019 @ 2:52 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:22:04 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j2bz. Id of event: us2000j2bz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 78.2183° East, 34.393° North, depth 34.19 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Leh (c. 37 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leh (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km ENE of Leh, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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