A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 236 km E of Port Blair, India (147 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.8885 East, latitude 11.984 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000aqaw. Event ids that are associated: us7000aqaw. The temblor was detected at 14:03:42 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/20 / 2020-07-17 14:03:42 / July 17, 2020 @ 2:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 236 km E of Port Blair, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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