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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Rampur in India


Earthquake location 31.498S, 77.6775WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Rampur in India. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:05:08 / 7:05 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 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 01:35:08 / August 27, 2016 @ 1:35 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 26.48 km, 77.6775° East, 31.498° North. Id of earthquake: us20006ufn. Event ids that are associated: us20006ufn. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.48 km (16 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barkot, Ghumārwīn, Bilāspur. Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Shimla (c. 173 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Solan (c. 40 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Mandi (c. 28 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Sundarnagar (c. 25 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kulu (c. 19 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Bilāspur (c. 14 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 6 km NE of Rampur, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 77.6775° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.498° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NE of Rampur, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-27 01:35:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-27 02:25:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 330 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.296 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20006ufn Id of event.
Event Code 20006ufn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006ufn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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