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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Tezu in India


Earthquake location 27.1973S, 96.929WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 109 km SE of Tezu, India (68 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 10:17:12 / November 28, 2018 @ 10:17 am. Exact location of event, longitude 96.929 East, latitude 27.1973 North, depth = 52.05 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 52.05 km (32 miles). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:47:12 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000hxdh. Event ids that are associated: us1000hxdh.

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 109 km SE of Tezu, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.929° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.1973° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 109km SE of Tezu, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-28 10:17:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-28 10:32:17 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 432 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 3.788 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 20 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 us1000hxdh Id of event.
Event Code 1000hxdh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hxdh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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