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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Samdrup Jongkhar in Bhutan


Earthquake location 26.699S, 91.6927WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Samdrup Jongkhar in Bhutan. Event id: us7000qunz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qunz. Exact location of event, longitude 91.6927 East, latitude 26.699 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:45:48 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/25 / 2025-09-08 05:45:48 / September 8, 2025 @ 5:45 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nongpoh, Sorbhog, Dhing (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Guwahati (c. 899 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Barpeta (c. 48 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barpeta Road (c. 35 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Rangia (c. 26 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mangaldai (c. 24 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Dhekiajuli (c. 21 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km ESE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 91.6927° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.699° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km ESE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-08 05:45:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-08 16:14:19 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.034 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us7000qunz Id of event.
Event Code 7000qunz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qunz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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