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Light mag. 3.2 earthquake - 15 km north of Bomdila, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India, on 2021-05-05 05:48:50 IST

Light mag. 3.2 earthquake - 15 km north of Bomdila, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India, on 2021-05-05 05:48:50 IST Light mag. 3.2 earthquake - 15 km north of Bomdila, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India, on 2021-05-05 05:48:50 IST

Light magnitude 3.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

5 May 00:23 UTC: First to report: NCS after 4 minutes.
5 May 00:29: Epicenter location corrected by 11 km (7.1 mi) towards SE.

Earthquake details

Date & timeMay 5, 2021 00:18:50 UTC
Local time at epicenter2021-05-05 05:48:50 IST
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude3.2
Depth10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude27.39°N / 92.38°E (West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India)
Antipode27.39°S / 87.62°W
Shaking intensityVery weak shaking
Felt2 reports
Primary data sourceNCS (National Center for Seismology)
Nearby towns and cities15 km (9 mi) NNW of Bomdila (West Kameng) (pop: 7,120) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
49 km (31 mi) ESE of Tawang Town (pop: 4,830) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
68 km (42 mi) NNW of Rangapara (Sonitpur, Assam) (pop: 18,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
76 km (47 mi) NNE of Udalguri (Darrang, Assam) (pop: 15,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
77 km (48 mi) N of Dhekiajuli (Sonitpur, Assam) (pop: 21,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
94 km (58 mi) NNW of Tezpur (Assam) (pop: 58,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
100 km (62 mi) NNE of Khārupatia (Darrang, Assam) (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
126 km (78 mi) WNW of Itanagar (pop: 45,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
148 km (92 mi) NNE of Guwahati (Assam) (pop: 899,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released4 x 109 joules (1.11 megawatt hours, equivalent to 0.951 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
3.210 kmWest Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaNCS
3.210 kmARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIAEMSC

User reports for this quake (2)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
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Tezpur (71.7 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 5-10 s (reported through our app)
Purulia west bengal / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single lateral shake / very short

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