Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Port Blair in India

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 291 km SSE of Port Blair, India (181 miles). Exact location, longitude 93.8796° East, latitude 9.2803° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/25 / 2025-07-03 11:44:12 / July 3, 2025 @ 11:44 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000qaev. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qaev. The temblor was reported at 11:44:12 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 291 km SSE of Port Blair, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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