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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 49 km E of Leh, India


Earthquake location 34.1448S, 78.1161WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Leh in India. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.65 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.1161 East, latitude 34.1448 North, depth = 34.65 km. Event id: us7000c8na. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c8na. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/20 / 2020-10-31 16:59:44 / October 31, 2020 @ 4:59 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:59:44 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Leh (c. 37 500 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 three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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: 49 km E of Leh, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 78.1161° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.1448° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km E of Leh, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-31 16:59:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-31 17:29:25 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 298 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 4.061 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us7000c8na Id of event.
Event Code 7000c8na An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c8na, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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