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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Leh in India


Earthquake location 34.3036S, 78.1995WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Leh in India on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c13w. Id of event: us6000c13w. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/20 / 2020-09-25 10:57:13 / September 25, 2020 @ 10:57 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.1995 East, latitude 34.3036 North, depth = 10 km. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:57:13 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Leh (c. 37 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leh (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km ENE of Leh, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 78.1995° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.3036° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km ENE of Leh, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-25 10:57:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-25 11:17:12 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 432 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 4.148 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000c13w Id of event.
Event Code 6000c13w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c13w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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