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Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - Andaman Sea, India, on Friday, Aug 6, 2021 at 1:49 pm (GMT +5:30)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.1 quake Andaman Sea, India, Aug 3, 2021 9:12 am (GMT +5:30), which had occurred 3 days earlier.

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - Andaman Sea, India, on Friday, Aug 6, 2021 at 1:49 pm (GMT +5:30)

Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 150 km depth

6 Aug 08:26 UTC: First to report: NCS after 7 minutes.
6 Aug 08:31: Magnitude recalculated from 4.9 to 4.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 257.3 to 150.0 km (from 160 to 93 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 15 km (9.5 mi) towards WSW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 6, 2021 08:19:16 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Aug 6, 2021 at 1:49 pm (GMT +5:30)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	150.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	9.11°N / 93.9°E (Andaman Sea, India)
Antipode	9.11°S / 86.1°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	NCS (National Center for Seismology)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	311 km (193 mi) SSE of Port Blair (pop: 112,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 391 km (243 mi) NNW of Sabang (Indonesia) (pop: 24,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 427 km (265 mi) NNW of Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (pop: 250,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 128 km (80 mi) NE of Teressa Island (pop: 1,930) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 28.3°C (83 F), humidity: 81%, wind: 10 m/s (20 kts) from SW
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	150 km	India: Nicobar Islands	NCS
4.8	54 km	Nicobar Islands, India Region	BMKG
4.9	29 km	Nicobar Islands, India Region	GFZ
5.0	10 km	NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION	EMSC
5.0	10 km	Nicobar Islands, India Region	USGS
4.9	10 km	Nicobar Islands, India Region	TMD

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