A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Leh in India. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.65 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.1161 East, latitude 34.1448 North, depth = 34.65 km. Event id: us7000c8na. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c8na. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/20 / 2020-10-31 16:59:44 / October 31, 2020 @ 4:59 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:59:44 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Leh (c. 37 500 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km E of Leh, India.
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