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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 51 km SSW of Padam, India


Earthquake location 33.0777S, 76.5809WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Padam in India. Exact location of event, depth 56.996 km, 76.5809° East, 33.0777° North. Id of earthquake: us6000pyp3. Event ids that are associated: us6000pyp3. The temblor was reported at 21:20:11 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 21:20:11 / March 13, 2025 @ 9:20 pm UTC/GMT. 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 56.996 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Doda, Dharmsāla, Dalhousie (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Padam (c. 25 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chamba (c. 21 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kishtwār (c. 20 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Dharmsāla (c. 19 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Doda (c. 17 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kyelang (c. 14 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bhadarwāh (c. 13 400 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 51 km SSW of Padam, India.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 76.5809° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.0777° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.996 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km SSW of Padam, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-13 21:20:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-13 21:39:32 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 400 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.362 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us6000pyp3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pyp3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pyp3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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