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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Bhach?u in India


Earthquake location 23.3667S, 70.3787WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Bhach?u in India on Sunday. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:43:08 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000abp7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000abp7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/20 / 2020-06-14 14:43:08 / June 14, 2020 @ 2:43 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 70.3787° East, 23.3667° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paddhari, Jāmnagar, Bedi. The epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Jāmnagar (c. 492 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Gāndhīdhām (c. 166 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bhuj (c. 133 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Morbi (c. 118 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Anjār (c. 66 900 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Wānkāner (c. 47 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Dhrol (c. 26 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

Questions or comments?

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: 8 km NNE of Bhach?u, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.3787° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.3667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km NNE of Bhach?u, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-14 14:43:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-14 15:01:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 417 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 11.195 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us6000abp7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000abp7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000abp7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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