Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Rahā in India

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Rahā in India on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/08/25 / 2025-08-18 06:39:32 / August 18, 2025 @ 6:39 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qvhh. Unique identifier: us7000qvhh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 92.7974° East, 26.3136° North, depth 35 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:39:32 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Tezpur (c. 58 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Diphu (c. 57 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hojāi (c. 36 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Lumding Railway Colony (c. 25 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mangaldai (c. 24 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Dhekiajuli (c. 21 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bokākhāt, Udalguri, Diphu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 29 km ENE of Rahā, India.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	92.7974° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	26.3136° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29 km ENE of Rahā, India	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-18 06:39:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-16 12:50:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	285	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.685	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	146	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	us7000qvhh	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qvhh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qvhh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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