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Minor earthquake: M3.7 quake has struck near Tsimasham in Bhutan

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Tsimasham in Bhutan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 89.5678° East, 27.0512° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000dgem. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000dgem. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:43:43 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/02/21 / 2021-02-10 14:43:43 / February 10, 2021 @ 2:43 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Jaigaon (c. 158 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Thimphu (c. 98 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Koch Bihār (c. 78 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Goyerkāta (c. 66 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Dhupgāri (c. 41 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hāsimāra (c. 40 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mātābhānga, Tufānganj, Koch Bihār (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bhutan (c. 700 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 6 km SSE of Tsimasham, Bhutan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	89.5678° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	27.0512° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km SSE of Tsimasham, Bhutan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-10 14:43:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-10 22:10:13	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	211	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	2.53	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.34 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	152	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	us6000dgem	Id of event.
Event Code	6000dgem	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000dgem,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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