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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Bamboo Flat in India


Earthquake location 12.9324S, 92.4045WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 140 km NNW of Bamboo Flat, India (87 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:32:39 / 1:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 19:32:39 / October 9, 2017 @ 7:32 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000ataj. Event ids that are associated: us1000ataj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 92.4045° East, 12.9324° North, depth 32.58 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.58 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 140 km NNW of Bamboo Flat, 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 92.4045° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.9324° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 140km NNW of Bamboo Flat, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-09 19:32:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-24 19:00:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 1.311 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 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 us1000ataj Id of event.
Event Code 1000ataj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ataj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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