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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Bamboo Flat in India


Earthquake location 14.1212S, 93.0603WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 270 km N of Bamboo Flat, India (168 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:29:27 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 93.0603° East, 14.1212° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/19 / 2019-03-23 11:29:27 / March 23, 2019 @ 11:29 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000jkn9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jkn9.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 270 km N of Bamboo Flat, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 93.0603° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.1212° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 270km N of Bamboo Flat, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-23 11:29:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-23 11:45:41 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 400 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 5.882 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us1000jkn9 Id of event.
Event Code 1000jkn9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jkn9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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