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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Phek in India


Earthquake location 25.4805S, 94.8224WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Phek in India on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 85.448 km, 94.8224° East, 25.4805° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/24 / 2024-11-28 01:52:58 / November 28, 2024 @ 1:52 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:52:58 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 85.448 km (53 miles). Unique identifier: us7000numd. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000numd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wokha, Tuensang, Kohima. Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Kohima (c. 92 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Wokha (c. 54 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tuensang (c. 33 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Zunheboto (c. 29 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Phek (c. 15 100 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 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: 38 km ESE of Phek, India.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.8224° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.4805° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85.448 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km ESE of Phek, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-28 01:52:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-28 03:19:45 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.256 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us7000numd Id of event.
Event Code 7000numd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000numd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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