Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.4 just reported 91 km northwest of Darjeeling, India
Sun, 6 Nov 2022, 16:46
16:46 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
4.4 quake 6 Nov 10:13 pm (GMT +5:45)
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, in the evening on Sunday, November 6th, 2022, at 9:28 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.4 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.4.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Gyalshing (pop. 4,000) located 67 km from the epicenter, Khandbari (pop. 22,900) 76 km away, Gantoka (pop. 30,700) 90 km away, Darjeeling (pop. 123,800) 91 km away, Kalimpong (pop. 43,000) 99 km away, Dhankuta (pop. 22,100) 100 km away, and Dhankuta (pop. 22,100) 100 km away.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: Nov 6, 2022 10:13 pm (GMT +5:45) local time (6 Nov 2022 16:28 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 27.76°N / 87.84°E
(Taplejung, Province 1, India)Primary data source: NCS
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