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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 19 km NE of Ambasa, India

Posted by admin on January 3, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.0161S, 92.0062WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ambasa in India. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:39:02 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 09:09:02 / January 3, 2017 @ 9:09 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007pfk. Id of event: us10007pfk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.15 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 92.0062° East, 24.0161° North, depth 36.15 km.

Nearby country/countries, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 104 km (65 miles) from Comilla (c. 389 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aizawl (c. 265 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Sylhet (c. 237 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Agartala (c. 203 300 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Bhairab Bāzār (c. 105 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Habiganj (c. 88 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Maulavi Bāzār (c. 57 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Karīmganj (c. 55 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Badarpur, Bājitpur, Thenzawl (min 5000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km NE of Ambasa, India.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 92.0062° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.0161° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km NE of Ambasa, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-03 09:09:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-03 09:27:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 330 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 52 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.34 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 489 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 1.55 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 us10007pfk Id of event.
Event Code 10007pfk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007pfk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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