A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Bamboo Flat in India. The temblor was detected at 08:09:53 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 69.37 km (43 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/02/18 / 2018-02-13 02:39:53 / February 13, 2018 @ 2:39 am. Unique identifier: us2000d1a1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d1a1. Exact location of earthquake, 93.1316° East, 12.3644° North, depth 69.37 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port Blair, Bamboo Flat. Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Port Blair (c. 112 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bamboo Flat (c. 7 400 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 86 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India.
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