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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Chhātak in Bangladesh

Posted by admin on October 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 25.124S, 91.7482WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Chhātak in Bangladesh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:19:33 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 91.7482 East, latitude 25.124 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rh35. Id of event: us6000rh35. Global time and date of event 21/09/25 / 2025-09-21 06:19:33 / September 21, 2025 @ 6:19 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailāshahar, Badarpur, Habiganj (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Sylhet (c. 237 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Shillong (c. 132 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Habiganj (c. 88 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Maulavi Bāzār (c. 57 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Karīmganj (c. 55 300 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Chhātak (c. 39 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 has struck near. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NE of Chhātak, Bangladesh. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 91.7482° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.124° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km NE of Chhātak, Bangladesh Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-21 06:19:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-17 11:40:57 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 271 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.157 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 us6000rh35 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rh35 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rh35, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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