A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hājo in India. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/20 / 2020-10-03 15:36:17 / October 3, 2020 @ 3:36 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.3 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 91.3108° East, 26.2024° North, depth 44.3 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:36:17 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c584. Unique identifier: us6000c584.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shillong, Khārupatia, Chāpar. The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Guwahati (c. 899 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Shillong (c. 132 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bongaigaon (c. 64 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Goālpāra (c. 50 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Barpeta (c. 48 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Barpeta Road (c. 35 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel it?
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: 21 km WSW of Hājo, India.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply