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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 58 km NW of Itānagar, India


Earthquake location 27.396S, 93.136WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Itānagar in India. Exact location, longitude 93.136° East, latitude 27.396° North, depth = 45.851 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 04:35:09 / June 9, 2024 @ 4:35 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000mrac. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mrac. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.851 km (28 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:35:09 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tezpur, Bihpuriāgaon, Rangāpāra (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Tezpur (c. 58 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Itānagar (c. 45 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Naharlagun (c. 26 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rangāpāra (c. 18 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ziro (c. 13 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bihpuriāgaon (c. 11 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 58 km NW of Itānagar, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 93.136° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.396° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.851 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km NW of Itānagar, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-09 04:35:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-09 05:28:19 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 271 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.899 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us7000mrac Id of event.
Event Code 7000mrac An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mrac, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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