A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Bāramūla in India. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:37:04 / 3:37 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfxt. Unique identifier: us6000pfxt. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.259 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 15:37:04 / December 27, 2024 @ 3:37 pm. Exact location, longitude 74.1714° East, latitude 34.5055° North, depth = 64.259 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mānsehra, Tsrār Sharīf, Baffa. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Srinagar (c. 975 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Muzaffarābād (c. 725 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Soyībug (c. 104 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bāramūla (c. 77 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mānsehra (c. 66 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sopur (c. 63 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NNW of Bāramūla, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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