A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from North Vanlaiphai in India on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/20 / 2020-08-14 01:08:08 / August 14, 2020 @ 1:08 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 93.2024° East, 22.9904° North. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:08:08 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000bei5. Event ids that are associated: us6000bei5.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saiha, Thenzawl, Hakha (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Lunglei (c. 52 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Saiha (c. 22 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Serchhīp (c. 20 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Thenzawl (c. 6 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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 SE of North Vanlaiphai, India.
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