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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Bamboo Flat in India


Earthquake location 12.3234S, 92.4484WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Bamboo Flat in India on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 20:02:04 / September 17, 2024 @ 8:02 pm. Exact location, longitude 92.4484° East, latitude 12.3234° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000nt2t. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nt2t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:02:04 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Port Blair (c. 112 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bamboo Flat (c. 7 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port Blair, Bamboo Flat (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 74 km NNW of Bamboo Flat, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 92.4484° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.3234° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km NNW of Bamboo Flat, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-17 20:02:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-22 18:47:00 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 284 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.812 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us6000nt2t Id of event.
Event Code 6000nt2t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nt2t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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