A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Port Blair in India on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 93.2077 East, latitude 11.1885 North, depth = 81.873 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nztg. Id of event: us7000nztg. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:30:48 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). 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 81.873 km (51 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 04:30:48 / December 5, 2024 @ 4:30 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bamboo Flat, Port Blair (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Port Blair (c. 112 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Bamboo Flat (c. 7 400 pop). Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 72 km SE of Port Blair, India.
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