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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Bamboo Flat in India


Earthquake location 12.4768S, 93.1336WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Bamboo Flat in India on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 04:21:33 / November 20, 2024 @ 4:21 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:21:33 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nw5n. Event ids that are associated: us7000nw5n. Exact location of event, longitude 93.1336 East, latitude 12.4768 North, depth = 74.037 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.037 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from Port Blair (c. 112 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Bamboo Flat (c. 7 400 pop). Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port Blair, Bamboo Flat.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 97 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 93.1336° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.4768° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.037 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 97 km NNE 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 2024-11-20 04:21:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-06 00:33:22 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 340 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.129 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000nw5n Id of event.
Event Code 7000nw5n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nw5n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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