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Weak mag. 2.9 earthquake - 8.1 km northeast of Najibabad, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, Feb 9, 2023 at 4:51 pm (GMT +5:30) -

Weak magnitude 2.9 earthquake at 12 km depth

9 Feb 11:25 UTC: First to report: NCS after 4 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Feb 9, 2023 11:21:00 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Feb 9, 2023 at 4:51 pm (GMT +5:30)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.9
Depth	11.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	29.6473°N / 78.4165°E (Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Antipode	29.647°S / 101.584°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	NCS (National Center for Seismology)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	8 km (5 mi) ENE of Najibabad (pop: 84,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 15 km (9 mi) SW of Kotdwāra (Uttarakhand) (pop: 27,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) N of Nagina (pop: 76,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) NE of Kīratpur (pop: 60,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (25 mi) NE of Bijnor (pop: 84,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 101 km (63 mi) NE of Meerut (pop: 1,223,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) NE of New Delhi (pop: 317,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 397 km (247 mi) NW of Lucknow (pop: 2,472,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 25.5°C (78 F), humidity: 22%, wind: 3 m/s (7 kts) from W
Estimated seismic energy released	1.4 x 10⁹ joules (392 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.338 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
2.9	12 km	41km SE of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India	NCS

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User reports for this quake (1)

At magnitude 2.9, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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Bareilly / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 1-2 s

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