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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Kishtwār in India


Earthquake location 33.1941S, 76.0704WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Kishtwār in India on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 76.0704° East, 33.1941° North, depth 65.875 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 02:48:26 / August 20, 2025 @ 2:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000r287. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r287. The temblor was picked up at 02:48:26 / 2:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.875 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Padam (c. 25 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chamba (c. 21 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Kishtwār (c. 20 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Doda (c. 17 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Bhadarwāh (c. 13 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Rāmnagar (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rāmnagar, Padam, Rāmban.

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

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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: 31 km ESE of Kishtwār, India.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 76.0704° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1941° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.875 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km ESE of Kishtwār, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-20 02:48:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-20 03:09:16 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.307 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 230 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 us6000r287 Id of event.
Event Code 6000r287 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r287, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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