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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Kishtwār in India


Earthquake location 33.2649S, 75.6276WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kishtwār in India. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/01/21 / 2021-01-11 14:02:02 / January 11, 2021 @ 2:02 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000d7f5. Unique identifier: us6000d7f5. The temblor was detected at 14:02:02 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 75.6276° East, 33.2649° North, depth 10 km.

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Jammu (c. 465 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Udhampur (c. 80 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Anantnāg (c. 79 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kathua (c. 48 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Sāmba (c. 26 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bijbiāra (c. 24 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Chamba (c. 21 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Parol, Tsrār Sharīf, Bishnāh (min 5000 pop).

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km WSW of Kishtwār, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.6276° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.2649° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km WSW 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 14:02:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-11 14:32:13 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 400 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 2.009 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us6000d7f5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7f5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d7f5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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