A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Nongstoin in India. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 91.2535° East, 25.3204° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 07:04:00 / January 21, 2025 @ 7:04 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:04:00 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000plds. Event ids that are associated: us6000plds. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nongpoh, Baniachang, Sylhet (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Sylhet (c. 237 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Shillong (c. 132 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Netrakona (c. 79 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Chhātak (c. 39 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Baniachang (c. 37 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Nongstoin (c. 25 800 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km S of Nongstoin, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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