A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Kishtwār in India on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 76.0704° East, 33.1941° North, depth 65.875 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 02:48:26 / August 20, 2025 @ 2:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000r287. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r287. The temblor was picked up at 02:48:26 / 2:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.875 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Padam (c. 25 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chamba (c. 21 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Kishtwār (c. 20 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Doda (c. 17 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Bhadarwāh (c. 13 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Rāmnagar (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rāmnagar, Padam, Rāmban.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 31 km ESE of Kishtwār, India.
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