A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Padam in India. Exact location, longitude 76.6552° East, latitude 33.4343° North, depth = 38.456 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.456 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:04:59 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 12:04:59 / July 20, 2024 @ 12:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000n0gq. Event ids that are associated: us7000n0gq.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kishtwār, Padam. Event epicenter was 22 km (13 miles) from Padam (c. 25 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kishtwār (c. 20 600 pop). Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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 W of Padam, India.
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