A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 173 km SW of Port Blair, India (107 miles). Exact location of event, depth 37.828 km, 91.5761° East, 10.6086° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngu7. Unique identifier: us7000ngu7. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.828 km (24 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:50:15 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 02:50:15 / September 23, 2024 @ 2:50 am.
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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 173 km SW of Port Blair, India.
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