A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Gariadhar in India. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:24:57 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 71.5505 East, latitude 21.4304 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us20006far. Event ids that are associated: us20006far. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/16 / 2016-07-17 03:54:57 / July 17, 2016 @ 3:54 am.
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Bhāvnagar (c. 555 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Botād (c. 117 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Amreli (c. 99 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Kundla (c. 76 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Una (c. 56 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Pālitāna (c. 55 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Delvāda, Vinchia, Una.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SSW of Gariadhar, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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