A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from North Vanlaiphai in India on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/20 / 2020-07-03 09:05:43 / July 3, 2020 @ 9:05 am. Id of earthquake: us7000ah74. Event ids that are associated: us7000ah74. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 93.2637 East, latitude 23.0767 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 09:05:43 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aizawl, Saiha, Hakha (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Aizawl (c. 265 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Lunglei (c. 52 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Saiha (c. 22 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Serchhīp (c. 20 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Thenzawl (c. 6 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 21 km ESE of North Vanlaiphai, India.
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