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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Churachandpur in India


Earthquake location 24.0457S, 93.899WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Churachandpur in India. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 93.899 East, latitude 24.0457 North, depth = 66.44 km. The temblor was reported at 11:58:35 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 66.44 km (41 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600056lz. Id of event: us600056lz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/08/19 / 2019-08-18 06:28:35 / August 18, 2019 @ 6:28 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Imphal, Yairipok, Mawlaik (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Churāchāndpur (c. 47 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Moirāng (c. 17 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 39 km SE of Churachandpur, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 93.899° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.0457° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.44 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km SE of Churachandpur, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-18 06:28:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-18 06:51:11 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 369 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 1.424 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us600056lz Id of event.
Event Code 600056lz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600056lz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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