A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 183 km SW of Port Blair, India (114 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us70003trx. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003trx. Global time and date of event 24/05/19 / 2019-05-24 20:44:37 / May 24, 2019 @ 8:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 91.4341 East, latitude 10.6348 North, depth = 25.68 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:44:37 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.68 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 183 km SW of Port Blair, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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