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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Kolasib in India


Earthquake location 24.2363S, 92.5627WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kolasib in India on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mx4s. Unique identifier: us7000mx4s. The temblor was reported at 21:12:27 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 92.5627° East, 24.2363° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 21:12:27 / July 4, 2024 @ 9:12 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Aizawl (c. 265 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Silchar (c. 152 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Maulavi Bāzār (c. 57 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Karīmganj (c. 55 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Dharmanagar (c. 32 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hailākāndi (c. 31 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maulavi Bāzār, Āmbāsa, Lakhipur. Close country/countries, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km W of Kolasib, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 92.5627° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.2363° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km W of Kolasib, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-04 21:12:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-04 21:49:22 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.011 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us7000mx4s Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx4s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mx4s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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