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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Kishtwār in India


Earthquake location 33.2327S, 75.8286WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Kishtwār in India. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c222. Id of event: us6000c222. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.97 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/20 / 2020-09-28 05:12:39 / September 28, 2020 @ 5:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 75.8286° East, latitude 33.2327° North, depth = 41.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:12:39 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Udhampur (c. 80 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Anantnāg (c. 79 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bijbiāra (c. 24 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Chamba (c. 21 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Kishtwār (c. 20 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Doda (c. 17 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kulgām (c. 16 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Riāsi, Bijbiāra, Kulgām.

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km SSE of Kishtwār, India.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.8286° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.2327° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km SSE of Kishtwār, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-28 05:12:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-28 06:11:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 326 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 2.18 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us6000c222 Id of event.
Event Code 6000c222 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c222, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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