Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Dinhata in India

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Dinhata in India on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.23 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 89.5621 East, latitude 26.0765 North, depth = 17.23 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/09/15 / 2015-09-11 23:56:59 / September 11, 2015 @ 11:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:26:59 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20003n08. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003n08.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Rangpur (c. 343 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Saidpur (c. 199 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Jaigaon (c. 158 700 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Koch Bihār (c. 78 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Goyerkāta (c. 66 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Lalmanirhat (c. 65 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tura, Phuntsholing, Jaigaon (min 5000 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 three and in the last 365 days four 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 11 km ESE of Dinhata, India.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	89.5621° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	26.0765° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.23 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km ESE of Dinhata, India	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-09-11 23:56:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-10-05 02:17:49	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	330	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	246	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	2.128	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	190	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	us20003n08	Id of event.
Event Code	20003n08	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20003n08,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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