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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Nongstoin in India


Earthquake location 25.7483S, 91.2034WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Nongstoin in India on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c9e3. Id of event: us7000c9e3. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:43:20 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/20 / 2020-11-02 19:43:20 / November 2, 2020 @ 7:43 pm. Exact location, longitude 91.2034° East, latitude 25.7483° North, depth = 32.21 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 32.21 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Guwahati (c. 899 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Shillong (c. 132 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Goālpāra (c. 50 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barpeta (c. 48 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Chhātak (c. 39 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Barpeta Road (c. 35 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chhātak, Rangia, Sorbhog (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 26 km NNW of Nongstoin, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 91.2034° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.7483° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km NNW of Nongstoin, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-02 19:43:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-02 21:59:27 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 0.616 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us7000c9e3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000c9e3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c9e3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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