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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Kishtwār in India


Earthquake location 33.5229S, 75.7715WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Kishtwār in India. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 75.7715 East, latitude 33.5229 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 13:59:13 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/21 / 2021-01-11 13:59:13 / January 11, 2021 @ 1:59 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000d7f2. Event ids that are associated: us6000d7f2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Udhampur (c. 80 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Anantnāg (c. 79 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bijbiāra (c. 24 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Kishtwār (c. 20 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pulwama (c. 20 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Doda (c. 17 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rāmnagar, Pulwama, Shupīyan (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km N of Kishtwār, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.7715° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.5229° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km N 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 2021-01-11 13:59:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-11 14:41:17 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 259 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 2.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 256 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 us6000d7f2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7f2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d7f2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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