A light 2.6 magnitude earthquake struck 6.3 km (3.9 mi) from Sandur, Karnataka, around noon on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 1:34 pm local time (Asia/Kolkata GMT +5:30). The quake had a very shallow depth of 8 km (5 mi) and went unfelt or unreported. Sandur, a nearby town with 29,000 residents located 6.3 km (3.9 mi) north of the epicenter, likely experienced very weak shaking.
EARTHQUAKE STATISTICS
Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 2.8 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):
Magnitude 4 or higher: 0.47 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.1 years)
Magnitude 3 or higher: 0.47 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.1 years)
Magnitude 2 or higher: 2.8 quakes per year
The area where this quake occurred has very few earthquakes, most of them being very small (below magnitude 3). Larger quakes with magnitudes above 3 might occur occasionally. However, it has had at least 3 quakes above magnitude 4 since 2018, suggesting that larger earthquakes of this size happen infrequently, approximately every 1 to 5 years.
| Distance | Place | MAX. SHAKING INTENSITY | Region |
| 6 km (4 mi)N of epicenter | Sandūr(pop: 29,000) | II: Very weak | Ballari, Karnataka |
| 32 km (20 mi)NW of epicenter | Hospet(pop: 197,800) | I: Not felt | Ballari, Karnataka |
| 42 km (26 mi)E of epicenter | Bellary(pop: 336,700) | I: Not felt | Ballari, Karnataka |
| 42 km (26 mi)SW of epicenter | Kottūru(pop: 24,000) | I: Not felt | Ballari, Karnataka |
| 45 km (28 mi)N of epicenter | Gangavati(pop: 106,300) | I: Not felt | Koppal, Karnataka |
| 49 km (30 mi)SE of epicenter | Rāyadrug(pop: 60,000) | I: Not felt | Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh |
| 55 km (34 mi)NW of epicenter | Koppal(pop: 60,900) | I: Not felt | Karnataka |
| 66 km (41 mi)SW of epicenter | Harpanahalli(pop: 45,000) | I: Not felt | Davangere, Karnataka |
| 66 km (41 mi)W of epicenter | Hadagalli(pop: 25,300) | I: Not felt | Ballari, Karnataka |
| 74 km (46 mi)W of epicenter | Mundargi(pop: 21,800) | I: Not felt | Gadag, Karnataka |
| 76 km (47 mi)NE of epicenter | Siruguppa(pop: 47,900) | I: Not felt | Ballari, Karnataka |
| 76 km (47 mi)E of epicenter | Uravakonda(pop: 33,500) | I: Not felt | Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh |
| 80 km (50 mi)S of epicenter | Challakere(pop: 53,500) | I: Not felt | Chitradurga, Karnataka |
| 80 km (50 mi)SE of epicenter | Kalyandurg(pop: 29,300) | I: Not felt | Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh |
| 85 km (53 mi)N of epicenter | Sindhnūr(pop: 68,800) | I: Not felt | Raichur, Karnataka |
| 89 km (55 mi)E of epicenter | Guntakal(pop: 121,000) | I: Not felt | Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh |
| 89 km (56 mi)NW of epicenter | Kushtagi(pop: 24,200) | I: Not felt | Koppal, Karnataka |
| 91 km (57 mi)S of epicenter | Chitradurga(pop: 138,600) | I: Not felt | Karnataka |
| 92 km (57 mi)SW of epicenter | Davangere(pop: 435,100) | I: Not felt | Karnataka |
| 97 km (60 mi)SW of epicenter | Māyakonda(pop: 6,450) | : Not felt | Davangere, Karnataka |
| 98 km (61 mi)SW of epicenter | Harihar(pop: 78,000) | : Not felt | Davangere, Karnataka |
| 100 km (62 mi)NW of epicenter | Gajendragad(pop: 29,700) | : Not felt | Gadag, Karnataka |
| 102 km (64 mi)NE of epicenter | Adoni(pop: 163,600) | : Not felt | Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh |
| 108 km (67 mi)NW of epicenter | Gadag(pop: 162,600) | : Not felt | Karnataka |
| 109 km (68 mi)SW of epicenter | Rānībennur(pop: 99,100) | : Not felt | Haveri, Karnataka |
| 109 km (68 mi)NW of epicenter | Gadag-Betageri(pop: 172,800) | : Not felt | Gadag, Karnataka |
| 113 km (70 mi)NW of epicenter | Ilkal(pop: 56,900) | : Not felt | Bagalkot, Karnataka |
| 120 km (74 mi)NE of epicenter | Mānvi(pop: 41,600) | : Not felt | Raichur, Karnataka |
| 120 km (75 mi)E of epicenter | Anantapur(pop: 240,400) | : Not felt | Andhra Pradesh |
| 121 km (75 mi)S of epicenter | Hiriyūr(pop: 53,500) | : Not felt | Chitradurga, Karnataka |
| 126 km (78 mi)W of epicenter | Hāveri(pop: 60,200) | : Not felt | Haveri, Karnataka |
| 130 km (81 mi)NE of epicenter | Emmiganūr(pop: 80,900) | : Not felt | Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh |
| 130 km (81 mi)SE of epicenter | Pāvugada(pop: 32,100) | : Not felt | Tumkur, Karnataka |
| 143 km (89 mi)SE of epicenter | Dharmavaram(pop: 114,100) | : Not felt | Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh |
| 148 km (92 mi)S of epicenter | Sīra(pop: 57,900) | : Not felt | Tumkur, Karnataka |
| 157 km (97 mi)NE of epicenter | Raichur(pop: 226,000) | : Not felt | Karnataka |
| 158 km (98 mi)NW of epicenter | Bagalkot(pop: 97,300) | : Not felt | Karnataka |
| 160 km (99 mi)SW of epicenter | Bhadravati(pop: 163,900) | : Not felt | Shimoga, Karnataka |
| 162 km (100 mi)SW of epicenter | Shimoga(pop: 319,600) | : Not felt | Shimoga, Karnataka |
| 255 km (159 mi)SE of epicenter | Bangalore(pop: 5,104,000) | : Not felt | Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka |