A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 225 km N of Bamboo Flat, India (140 miles) on Friday. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:58:37 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 17:58:37 / May 5, 2017 @ 5:58 pm. Unique identifier: us10008puy. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008puy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 92.5655 East, latitude 13.7342 North, depth = 27.71 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.71 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 225 km N of Bamboo Flat, India.
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