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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 86 km E of Yairipok, India


Earthquake location 24.7561S, 94.9132WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Yairipok in India on Sunday. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:17:14 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.77 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 06:47:14 / January 7, 2018 @ 6:47 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000c1my. Event ids that are associated: us1000c1my. Exact location of event, longitude 94.9132 East, latitude 24.7561 North, depth = 22.77 km.

Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Phek (c. 15 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yairipok (c. 8 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Wāngjing (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Phek, Mayāng Imphāl, Kakching (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 86 km E of Yairipok, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.9132° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.7561° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km 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 2018-01-07 06:47:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-07 07:10:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.78 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 468 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 0.765 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000c1my Id of event.
Event Code 1000c1my An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000c1my, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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