Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Pīpalkoti in India

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Pīpalkoti in India on Sunday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:57:07 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/25 / 2025-11-30 04:57:07 / November 30, 2025 @ 4:57 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.331 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 79.4611 East, latitude 30.2518 North, depth = 25.331 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rvhu. Id of event: us6000rvhu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Almora (c. 32 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pauri (c. 26 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Srīnagar (c. 20 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rānīkhet (c. 19 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Joshīmath (c. 13 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bāgeshwar (c. 8 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lansdowne, Almora, Rānīkhet.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 19 km S of Pīpalkoti, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	79.4611° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.2518° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.331 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km S of Pīpalkoti, India	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-30 04:57:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-18 05:29:06	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	284	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	9.893	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	177	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	us6000rvhu	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rvhu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rvhu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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