A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Port Blair in India. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcjj. Id of event: us7000mcjj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/04/24 / 2024-04-16 23:01:24 / April 16, 2024 @ 11:01 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:01:24 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 92.9714° East, latitude 11.3838° North, depth = 58.174 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.174 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bamboo Flat, Port Blair. The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Port Blair (c. 112 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Bamboo Flat (c. 7 400 pop). Nearby 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 39 km SE of Port Blair, India.
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