A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 174 km SW of Port Blair, India (108 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000ntin. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntin. Global time and date of event 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 18:42:21 / September 21, 2024 @ 6:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:42:21 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 91.6457° East, 10.5277° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 174 km SW of Port Blair, India.
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