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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Dipayal in Nepal

Posted by admin on December 31, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 29.391S, 80.9023WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Dipayal in Nepal. Exact location of earthquake, 80.9023° East, 29.391° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:09:00 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgkw. Id of event: us6000pgkw. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 02:09:00 / December 31, 2024 @ 2:09 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Dhangarhi (c. 92 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mahendranagar (c. 88 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Pithorāgarh (c. 47 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Dipayal (c. 23 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Dadeldhurā (c. 19 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Dārchulā (c. 18 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tanakpur, Dhangarhi, Lohaghāt. Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km NNW of Dipayal, Nepal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 80.9023° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.391° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km NNW of Dipayal, Nepal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-31 02:09:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-31 02:30:17 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 259 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 12.404 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us6000pgkw Id of event.
Event Code 6000pgkw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pgkw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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