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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Churāchāndpur in India


Earthquake location 24.2078S, 93.8806WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Churāchāndpur in India. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/08/20 / 2020-08-11 13:57:52 / August 11, 2020 @ 1:57 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 93.8806 East, latitude 24.2078 North, depth = 52.95 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.95 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000bcmi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000bcmi. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:57:52 / 1:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik, Imphal, Yairipok. Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Churāchāndpur (c. 47 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop).

Every 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km ESE of Churāchāndpur, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 93.8806° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.2078° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km ESE of Churāchāndpur, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-11 13:57:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-11 14:26:12 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 284 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 0.383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us6000bcmi Id of event.
Event Code 6000bcmi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bcmi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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