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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Samalkha in India


Earthquake location 29.2643S, 76.9528WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Samalkha in India on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 10:07:04 / July 1, 2018 @ 10:07 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000fsyl. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fsyl. Exact location of earthquake, 76.9528° East, 29.2643° North, depth 10 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:37:04 / 3:37 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 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gurgaon, Narwāna, Pehowa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Delhi (c. 10 928 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Meerut (c. 1 223 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ghāziābād (c. 1 199 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Karol Bāgh (c. 505 200 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Muzaffarnagar (c. 349 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from New Delhi (c. 317 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 7 km WNW of Samalkha, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 76.9528° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.2643° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km WNW of Samalkha, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-01 10:07:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-01 12:25:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 330 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 252 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 5.387 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 263 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 us2000fsyl Id of event.
Event Code 2000fsyl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fsyl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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