A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 244 km N of Along, India (152 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 29/07/20 / 2020-07-29 11:07:13 / July 29, 2020 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000b61h. Event ids that are associated: us6000b61h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:07:13 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.7609 East, latitude 30.371 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 244 km N of Along, India.
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