A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Tezpur in India on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 17:50:30 / April 5, 2020 @ 5:50 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:20:30 / 11:20 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 49.42 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 92.8224 East, latitude 26.4752 North, depth = 49.42 km. Unique identifier: us70008pdi. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008pdi.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bomdila, Diphu, Numāligarh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Tezpur (c. 58 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Diphu (c. 57 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hojāi (c. 36 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lumding Railway Colony (c. 25 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mangaldai (c. 24 900 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Dhekiajuli (c. 21 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Dhing (c. 20 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 17 km S of Tezpur, India.
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