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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Bāramūla in India


Earthquake location 34.2404S, 74.317WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Bāramūla in India on Tuesday. Event id: us7000n826. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n826. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.946 km (10 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 74.317 East, latitude 34.2404 North, depth = 15.946 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:22:27 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 01:22:27 / August 20, 2024 @ 1:22 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mānsehra, Baffa, Abbottābād (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Srinagar (c. 975 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Muzaffarābād (c. 725 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kotli (c. 640 000 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Abbottābād (c. 120 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Soyībug (c. 104 000 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Anantnāg (c. 79 800 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Bāramūla (c. 77 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 4 km NW of Bāramūla, India.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 74.317° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.2404° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.946 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NW of Bāramūla, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-20 01:22:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-20 01:58:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 402 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 86 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.051 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us7000n826 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n826 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n826, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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