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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Hājo in India


Earthquake location 26.3462S, 91.3375WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hājo in India on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:58:31 / 7:58 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 earthquake, longitude 91.3375 East, latitude 26.3462 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/20 / 2020-09-21 19:58:31 / September 21, 2020 @ 7:58 pm. Unique identifier: us6000bzfi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000bzfi.

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nongstoin, Bāsugaon, Mairang. The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Guwahati (c. 899 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bongaigaon (c. 64 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Goālpāra (c. 50 800 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Barpeta (c. 48 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Barpeta Road (c. 35 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Rangia (c. 26 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km WNW of Hājo, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 91.3375° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.3462° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km WNW of Hājo, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-21 19:58:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-21 20:18:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.8 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 300 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 0.905 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us6000bzfi Id of event.
Event Code 6000bzfi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bzfi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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