Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Hailākāndi in India

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Hailākāndi in India on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 92.3957 East, latitude 24.6068 North, depth = 39.62 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:27:38 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000b54f. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000b54f. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.62 km (25 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/20 / 2020-07-16 02:27:38 / July 16, 2020 @ 2:27 am.

The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Sylhet (c. 237 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Silchar (c. 152 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Maulavi Bāzār (c. 57 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Karīmganj (c. 55 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hāflong (c. 40 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chhātak (c. 39 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āmbāsa, Sairang, Hāflong (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km WSW of Hailākāndi, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	92.3957° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	24.6068° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km WSW of Hailākāndi, India	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-07-16 02:27:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-28 02:13:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	1.073	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	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	us6000b54f	Id of event.
Event Code	6000b54f	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000b54f,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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