A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 124 km SW of Port Blair, India (77 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/09/19 / 2019-09-11 15:40:17 / September 11, 2019 @ 3:40 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us60005l0t. Unique identifier: us60005l0t. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:40:17 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 91.8646° East, 10.9512° North, depth 24.99 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.99 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 six 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 124 km SW of Port Blair, India.
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