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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Tura in India

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Tura in India on Monday. Id of earthquake: us7000nz9t. Event ids that are associated: us7000nz9t. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 90.5226° East, 25.5691° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 14:10:33 / December 16, 2024 @ 2:10 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:10:33 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Mymensingh (c. 225 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Jamālpur (c. 167 900 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Sherpur (c. 107 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Netrakona (c. 79 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Tura (c. 63 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Dhuburi (c. 62 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Bangladesh (c. 156 118 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jamālpur, Golakganj, Mymensingh.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 32 km E of Tura, India.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	90.5226° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	25.5691° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32 km E of Tura, India	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-16 14:10:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-16 16:04:17	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.153	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	160	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	us7000nz9t	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nz9t	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nz9t,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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