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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Thang in India


Earthquake location 36.1751S, 77.9551WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 177 km NE of Thang, India (110 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 21:31:29 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/19 / 2019-12-08 13:31:29 / December 8, 2019 @ 1:31 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60006nwu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006nwu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.54 km (45 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 77.9551 East, latitude 36.1751 North, depth = 72.54 km.

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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 177 km NE of Thang, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 77.9551° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1751° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 177km 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 2019-12-08 13:31:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-08 14:16:32 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 298 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 4.601 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us60006nwu Id of event.
Event Code 60006nwu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006nwu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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