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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Dhekiajuli in India

Posted by admin on December 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 26.721S, 92.3835WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Dhekiajuli in India. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:42:49 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 38.01 km, 92.3835° East, 26.721° North. Unique identifier: us7000rl21. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rl21. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 12:42:49 / December 27, 2025 @ 12:42 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.01 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Guwahati (c. 899 100 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Tezpur (c. 58 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Hojāi (c. 36 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rangia (c. 26 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mangaldai (c. 24 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Dhekiajuli (c. 21 300 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Dhing (c. 20 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hojāi, North Guwāhāti, Samdrup Jongkhar (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km WNW of Dhekiajuli, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 92.3835° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.721° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km WNW of Dhekiajuli, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-27 12:42:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-27 13:38:41 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 3.4 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 312 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.171 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us7000rl21 Id of event.
Event Code 7000rl21 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rl21, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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