A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Khārupatia in India. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 20:55:37 / February 26, 2025 @ 8:55 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 92.2421 East, latitude 26.3886 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:55:37 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pvpc. Unique identifier: us6000pvpc.

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Guwahati (c. 899 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Shillong (c. 132 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tezpur (c. 58 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hojāi (c. 36 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Rangia (c. 26 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Mangaldai (c. 24 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Dhekiajuli (c. 21 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bomdila, Shillong, Samdrup Jongkhar (min 5000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SSE of Khārupatia, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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