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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 55 km ENE of Mulugu, India


Earthquake location 18.3418S, 80.4451WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Mulugu in India on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/24 / 2024-12-04 01:56:57 / December 4, 2024 @ 1:56 am. Event id: us7000nvs3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nvs3. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 80.4451° East, 18.3418° North. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:56:57 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dornakal, Warangal, Mahbūbābād (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Warangal (c. 557 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kottagūdem (c. 79 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Pāloncha (c. 75 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Palwancha (c. 68 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bhadrāchalam (c. 45 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Yellandu (c. 43 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mahbūbābād (c. 37 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop).

Every 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km ENE of Mulugu, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 80.4451° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3418° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km ENE of Mulugu, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-04 01:56:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-04 02:14:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 388 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.886 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us7000nvs3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvs3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvs3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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