A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Churachandpur in India on Friday. Exact location, longitude 93.8783° East, latitude 24.308° North, depth = 55.39 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j8v7. Id of event: us2000j8v7. The temblor was picked up at 22:37:08 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.39 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/01/19 / 2019-01-25 17:07:08 / January 25, 2019 @ 5:07 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik, Imphal, Yairipok. Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Churāchāndpur (c. 47 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Moirāng (c. 17 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km E of Churachandpur, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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