A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Leh in India. The temblor was reported at 18:39:46 / 6:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 18:39:46 / January 20, 2025 @ 6:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.3422 East, latitude 34.0789 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plaw. Id of event: us6000plaw.
Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Leh (c. 37 500 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 two 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 70 km E of Leh, India.
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