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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Silvassa in India


Earthquake location 20.133S, 73.1441WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Silvassa in India. Exact location of earthquake, 73.1441° East, 20.133° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:22:40 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 13/12/19 / 2019-12-13 23:52:40 / December 13, 2019 @ 11:52 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006rxd. Unique identifier: us60006rxd.

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Nashik (c. 1 289 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bhiwandi (c. 707 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Bilimora (c. 510 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Virār (c. 150 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Valsād (c. 72 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Pālghar (c. 72 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bhiwandi, Ahwa, Virār (min 5000 pop).

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. 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.

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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. 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: 19 km SE of Silvassa, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 73.1441° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.133° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km SE of Silvassa, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-13 23:52:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-15 23:13:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 330 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 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 286 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 13.465 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us60006rxd Id of event.
Event Code 60006rxd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006rxd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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