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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Chamba in India


Earthquake location 33.0053S, 76.2837WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Chamba in India on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us60008612. Event ids that are associated: us60008612. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:37:11 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 76.2837° East, latitude 33.0053° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 28/02/20 / 2020-02-28 11:07:11 / February 28, 2020 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Padam (c. 25 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Chamba (c. 21 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kishtwār (c. 20 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Dharmsāla (c. 19 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Doda (c. 17 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kyelang (c. 14 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dharmsāla, Kyelang, Padam (min 5000 pop).

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 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km NNE of Chamba, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 76.2837° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.0053° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km NNE of Chamba, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-28 11:07:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-28 11:39:55 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 271 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 2.604 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 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 us60008612 Id of event.
Event Code 60008612 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008612, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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