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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Thang in India


Earthquake location 35.6714S, 77.562WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 111 km NE of Thang, India (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/17 / 2017-12-06 23:29:02 / December 6, 2017 @ 11:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.23 km (37 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c1ea. Id of event: us2000c1ea. Exact location of event, depth 59.23 km, 77.562° East, 35.6714° North. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:29:02 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 111 km NE of Thang, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 77.562° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6714° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 111km NE of Thang, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-06 23:29:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-06 23:46:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 400 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 4.072 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000c1ea Id of event.
Event Code 2000c1ea An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000c1ea, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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