A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Jaggayyapeta in India on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 21:07:34 / January 25, 2020 @ 9:07 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us60007fyl. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007fyl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 79.9484° East, 16.6921° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:37:34 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Vijayawāda (c. 874 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Guntūr (c. 530 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Khammam (c. 170 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Nalgonda (c. 121 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Suriāpet (c. 111 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Miriālgūda (c. 101 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponnur, Kankipādu, Gannavaram (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 28 km SW of Jaggayyapeta, India.
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