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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Wāngjing in India


Earthquake location 24.3636S, 94.8449WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Wāngjing in India on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.717 km (67 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:48:59 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 07:48:59 / March 18, 2025 @ 7:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, 94.8449° East, 24.3636° North, depth 107.717 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pzix. Event ids that are associated: us6000pzix.

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 101 km (62 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yairipok (c. 8 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Wāngjing (c. 7 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Imphal, Mayāng Imphāl, Mawlaik.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km ESE of Wāngjing, India. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.8449° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.3636° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.717 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km ESE of Wāngjing, India Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-18 07:48:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-18 08:05:56 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 400 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 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.144 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pzix Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzix An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzix, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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