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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Phek in India


Earthquake location 25.1998S, 95.044WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Phek in India. Event id: us20007d7h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007d7h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/10/16 / 2016-10-11 07:30:14 / October 11, 2016 @ 7:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 95.044 East, latitude 25.1998 North, depth = 97.47 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.47 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:00:14 / 2:00 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Phek (c. 15 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Phek.

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten 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.

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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: 75 km SE of Phek, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.044° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.1998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km SE of Phek, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-11 07:30:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-11 07:52:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 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 340 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 1.179 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us20007d7h Id of event.
Event Code 20007d7h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007d7h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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