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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 13 km NE of Cherrapunji, India


Earthquake location 25.3969S, 91.7878WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Cherrapunji in India. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005h6s. Unique identifier: us10005h6s. Exact location of earthquake, 91.7878° East, 25.3969° North, depth 37.03 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 09:43:39 / May 7, 2016 @ 9:43 am. The temblor was picked up at 15:13:39 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.03 km (23 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was North Guwāhāti, Soalkuchi, Guwahati. Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Guwahati (c. 899 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sylhet (c. 237 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Shillong (c. 132 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Karīmganj (c. 55 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Chhātak (c. 39 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Nongstoin (c. 25 800 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km NE of Cherrapunji, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 91.7878° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.3969° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km NE of Cherrapunji, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-07 09:43:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-02 10:29:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 330 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.8 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 259 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 2.711 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us10005h6s Id of event.
Event Code 10005h6s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005h6s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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