Mag. 3.9 earthquake - 19 km north of Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, on Tuesday, 1 Dec 2020 9:41 am (GMT +5:30) -

Mag. 3.9 earthquake - 19 km north of Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, on Tuesday, 1 Dec 2020 9:41 am (GMT +5:30)

Minor magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 10 km depth

1 Dec 04:27 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 15 minutes.
Date & time: 1 Dec 2020 04:11:50 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, 1 Dec 2020 9:41 am (GMT +5:30)
Magnitude: 3.9
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.03°N / 77.95°E (Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India)
Nearby towns and cities:
19 km (12 mi) E of Chhutmalpur (Uttar Pradesh) (pop: 11,100) --> See nearby quakes!
19 km (12 mi) NNE of Roorkee (pop: 103,900) --> See nearby quakes!
22 km (14 mi) WNW of Haridwar (pop: 186,100) --> See nearby quakes!
23 km (14 mi) SW of Doiwāla (pop: 8,250) --> See nearby quakes!
27 km (17 mi) W of Rāīwāla Bara (pop: 5,200) --> See nearby quakes!
31 km (20 mi) NNW of Laksar (pop: 19,300) --> See nearby quakes!
34 km (21 mi) SSW of Dehra Dūn (pop: 522,100) --> See nearby quakes!
34 km (21 mi) WSW of Rishikesh (pop: 66,400) --> See nearby quakes!
40 km (25 mi) E of Sahāranpur (Uttar Pradesh) (pop: 484,900) --> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) NE of Deoband (Uttar Pradesh) (pop: 88,200) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 19.1°C (66 F), humidity: 35%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from SE
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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M 3.910 kmHARYANA - UTTARANCHAL REG, INDIAEMSC

User reports for this quake (18)

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Village -Sewla khurdh, Dehradun / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single lateral shake / 2-5 s : the glass sliding door of the shelves rattled once or twice. Could see the water in a bottle kept on the window sil shaking. | One user found this interesting.
HARIDWAR / Light shaking (MMI IV) / vertical swinging (up and down) / 5-10 s : There was a sudden shaking which started at around 9:42 AM on 01-12-2020 and increased in its amplitude, and gave a strong tremor after 5 seconds, some weak shocks were felt after 1 minute of the earthquake, but completely disappeared after 2 minutes. There was no damage in my locality. | One user found this interesting.
R (31.3 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI)
18.9 km SSW of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / very short
Kankhal Haridwar (22.3 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 2-5 s
Saharanpur / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s
Dehradun / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / very short
Dehradun, India / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
dehradun / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 1-2 s
Dehradun / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 2-5 s
Roorkee / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s
Shuvalik nagar, haridwar / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 2-5 s
IIT roorkee / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s
Shantikunj bhupatwala Haridwar / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / vibration and rolling / 15-20 s : .....
Haridwar / Light shaking (MMI IV) / complex motion difficult to describe / 20-30 s
rishikesh / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s
Shyampur Rishikesh / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 2-5 s
Srinagar Gharwal / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
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