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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Sri Madhopur in India


Earthquake location 27.462S, 75.5724WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Sri Madhopur in India on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.97 km (9 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:27:48 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 75.5724° East, latitude 27.462° North, depth = 14.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003g1d. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003g1d. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 17:57:48 / September 3, 2015 @ 5:57 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meethari Marwar, Chidawa, Fatehpur (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Jaipur (c. 2 711 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Sīkar (c. 199 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Jhunjhunūn (c. 113 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fatehpur (c. 83 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Nārnaul (c. 66 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Nawalgarh (c. 58 300 pop).

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

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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: 2 km W of Sri Madhopur, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.5724° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.462° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km W of Sri Madhopur, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-03 17:57:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-03 18:35:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 330 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 20 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 266 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.48 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us20003g1d Id of event.
Event Code 20003g1d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003g1d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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