A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Thang in India on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 76.6052 East, latitude 35.2286 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:21:31 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/25 / 2025-12-04 00:21:31 / December 4, 2025 @ 12:21 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000rffd. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rffd.
The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Kargil (c. 13 800 pop). Nearby 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 Kargil.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 37 km NNW of Thang, India.
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