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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 6 km NNW of Naya Bāzār, India

Posted by admin on August 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 27.1877S, 88.2101WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Naya Bāzār in India on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 01:27:12 / August 9, 2024 @ 1:27 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nj06. Unique identifier: us6000nj06. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.269 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 88.2101° East, 27.1877° North, depth 44.269 km. The temblor was detected at 01:27:12 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Shiliguri (c. 515 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Dārjiling (c. 123 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Jalpāiguri (c. 107 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Naksalbāri (c. 57 300 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Kārsiyāng (c. 46 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Kālimpang (c. 43 000 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Gangtok (c. 30 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samtse, Maināguri, Jalpāiguri (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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km NNW of Naya Bāzār, India.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 88.2101° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.1877° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.269 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NNW of Naya Bāzār, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-09 01:27:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-09 01:48:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 313 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.674 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us6000nj06 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nj06 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nj06, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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