A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 168 km SW of Port Blair, India (104 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:41:39 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.761 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 16:41:39 / September 21, 2024 @ 4:41 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 91.6088° East, 10.6427° North, depth 26.761 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nti2. Unique identifier: us6000nti2.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 168 km SW of Port Blair, India.
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