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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Tezu in India


Earthquake location 27.3621S, 96.4032WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Tezu in India on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 96.4032° East, 27.3621° North, depth 10 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:52:05 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 03:22:05 / February 10, 2019 @ 3:22 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000jfur. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jfur.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nahorkatiya, Tinsukia, Mākum (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Tinsukia (c. 89 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Margherita (c. 24 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Dum Duma (c. 21 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Digboi (c. 20 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Mākum (c. 16 200 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Nahorkatiya (c. 15 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tezu (c. 14 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).

Every 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. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 65 km SSE of Tezu, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.4032° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.3621° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km SSE of Tezu, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-10 03:22:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-10 03:40:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 330 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 416 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 3.65 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us2000jfur Id of event.
Event Code 2000jfur An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jfur, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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