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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Chamba in India


Earthquake location 32.5649S, 76.3637WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Chamba in India. Unique identifier: us1000erd6. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000erd6. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 76.3637° East, 32.5649° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:45:49 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/06/18 / 2018-06-14 10:15:49 / June 14, 2018 @ 10:15 am.

Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Pathankot (c. 174 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kathua (c. 48 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Talwāra (c. 24 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Chamba (c. 21 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Dharmsāla (c. 19 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Kyelang (c. 14 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bhadarwāh (c. 13 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Parol, Hājīpur, Manāli (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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km E of Chamba, 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 76.3637° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.5649° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km E of Chamba, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-14 10:15:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-14 10:52:13 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 3.4 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 2.814 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us1000erd6 Id of event.
Event Code 1000erd6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000erd6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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