A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Bamboo Flat in India on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 20:02:04 / September 17, 2024 @ 8:02 pm. Exact location, longitude 92.4484° East, latitude 12.3234° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000nt2t. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nt2t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:02:04 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Port Blair (c. 112 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bamboo Flat (c. 7 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port Blair, Bamboo Flat (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 74 km NNW of Bamboo Flat, India.
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