A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Ziro in India. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009as6. Id of event: us60009as6. The temblor was detected at 16:29:11 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 10:59:11 / April 17, 2020 @ 10:59 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 93.9189 East, latitude 28.1205 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Along (c. 18 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ziro (c. 13 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Along, Ziro (min 5000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 54 km N of Ziro, India.
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