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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Kakching in India


Earthquake location 24.1868S, 94.0641WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Kakching in India on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.664 km (40 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qju8. Unique identifier: us6000qju8. Exact location of earthquake, 94.0641° East, 24.1868° North, depth 64.664 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/25 / 2025-05-28 04:53:56 / May 28, 2025 @ 4:53 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:53:56 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Imphal, Mawlaik, Yairipok (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Churāchāndpur (c. 47 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 35 km SSE of Kakching, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.0641° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.1868° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.664 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km SSE of Kakching, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-28 04:53:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-13 03:09:46 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 259 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.07 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us6000qju8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qju8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qju8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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