A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 219 km E of Port Blair, India (136 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 94.7647° East, 11.7639° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004me9. Unique identifier: us70004me9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 16:55:34 / July 17, 2019 @ 4:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:55:34 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter). 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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 219 km E of Port Blair, India.
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