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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Khagrachhari in Bangladesh

Posted by admin on October 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 23.0338S, 92.2235WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Khagrachhari in Bangladesh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.27 km (26 miles). Exact location of event, depth 41.27 km, 92.2235° East, 23.0338° North. Event id: us6000ccf2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ccf2. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:21:03 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/10/20 / 2020-10-24 03:21:03 / October 24, 2020 @ 3:21 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sandwīp, Sairang, Udaipur. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Chittagong (c. 3 920 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Aizawl (c. 265 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Feni (c. 84 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lunglei (c. 52 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Sandwīp (c. 52 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Patiya (c. 51 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Khagrachhari (c. 50 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 27 km ESE of Khagrachhari, Bangladesh.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 92.2235° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.0338° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km ESE of Khagrachhari, Bangladesh Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-24 03:21:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-24 04:07:45 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 1.327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 us6000ccf2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ccf2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ccf2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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