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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Mohean in India


Earthquake location 9.5181S, 93.4474WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 172 km N of Mohean, India (107 miles). 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 100.45 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 93.4474 East, latitude 9.5181 North, depth = 100.45 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/18 / 2018-05-28 02:00:01 / May 28, 2018 @ 2:00 am. Event id: us1000ed54. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ed54. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:00:01 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter).

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 172 km N of Mohean, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 93.4474° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.5181° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 172km N of Mohean, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-28 02:00:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-28 02:16:25 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 385 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 2.234 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us1000ed54 Id of event.
Event Code 1000ed54 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ed54, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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