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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Yairipok in India


Earthquake location 24.6479S, 94.7378WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Yairipok in India on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 23:24:40 / November 15, 2015 @ 11:24 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003yjs. Id of event: us10003yjs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.6 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 94.7378° East, 24.6479° North, depth 95.6 km. The temblor was detected at 05:54:40 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayāng Imphāl, Imphal, Kakching (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Yairipok (c. 8 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Wāngjing (c. 7 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 67 km E of Yairipok, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.7378° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.6479° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 95.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km E of Yairipok, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-15 23:24:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-15 23:48:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.768 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 us10003yjs Id of event.
Event Code 10003yjs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003yjs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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