A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Khonsa in India on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/01/21 / 2021-01-27 18:56:21 / January 27, 2021 @ 6:56 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 80.92 km (50 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 95.7822° East, 26.293° North, depth 80.92 km. Event id: us6000def4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000def4. The temblor was picked up at 18:56:21 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Mon (c. 18 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Khonsa (c. 10 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mon, Khonsa (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 83 km SSE of Khonsa, India.
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