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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Bhadarwah in India


Earthquake location 33.0978S, 76.1985WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Bhadarwah in India on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/05/17 / 2017-05-19 00:02:33 / May 19, 2017 @ 12:02 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.12 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10008tgd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008tgd. The temblor was reported at 05:32:33 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 76.1985° East, latitude 33.0978° North, depth = 39.12 km.

Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Padam (c. 25 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Chamba (c. 21 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kishtwār (c. 20 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Dharmsāla (c. 19 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Doda (c. 17 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bhadarwāh (c. 13 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Rāmnagar (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dharmsāla, Rāmban, Rāmnagar.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 46 km ENE of Bhadarwah, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 76.1985° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.0978° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km ENE of Bhadarwah, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-19 00:02:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-19 00:19:19 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 312 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 6.113 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us10008tgd Id of event.
Event Code 10008tgd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008tgd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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