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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Wāngjing in India


Earthquake location 24.6021S, 94.6563WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Wāngjing in India on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 84.222 km (52 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/03/25 / 2025-03-12 14:01:45 / March 12, 2025 @ 2:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pybb. Unique identifier: us6000pybb. Exact location, longitude 94.6563° East, latitude 24.6021° North, depth = 84.222 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:01:45 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Imphal (c. 223 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Moirāng (c. 17 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Yairipok (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moirāng, Mayāng Imphāl, Imphal.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 60 km E of Wāngjing, India. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.6563° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.6021° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84.222 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km E 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 2025-03-12 14:01:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-10 18:29:36 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 271 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.389 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us6000pybb Id of event.
Event Code 6000pybb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pybb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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