A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Cherrapunji in India. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005h6s. Unique identifier: us10005h6s. Exact location of earthquake, 91.7878° East, 25.3969° North, depth 37.03 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 09:43:39 / May 7, 2016 @ 9:43 am. The temblor was picked up at 15:13:39 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.03 km (23 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was North Guwāhāti, Soalkuchi, Guwahati. Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Guwahati (c. 899 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sylhet (c. 237 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Shillong (c. 132 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Karīmganj (c. 55 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Chhātak (c. 39 200 pop), 54 km (34 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 have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 13 km NE of Cherrapunji, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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