Quake Info: Light Mag. 4.6 Earthquake

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Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 124 km depth

8 Feb 16:26 UTC: First to report: NCS after 7 minutes.

Update Tue, 8 Feb 2022, 16:30

Moderate magnitude 4.6 quake hits 4 km southwest of Jammu, India in the evening

4.6 quake 8 Feb 9:49 pm (GMT +5:30)

An intermediate magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported in the evening near Jammu, Jammu district, Kashmir, India.According to India’s National Center for Seismology (NCS), the quake hit on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022, at 9:19 pm local time at an intermediate depth of 123.8 km. The strength of the earthquake may have been tempered by its relative great depth below the surface, which makes it feel weaker in absolute terms. The exact size, 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. Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Jammu (pop. 465,600) located 4 km from the epicenter, Bishnāh (pop. 11,600) 10 km away, Hadali (pop. 49,700) 28 km away, Samba (pop. 26,900) 29 km away, Udhampur (pop. 80,400) 36 km away, Sialkot (pop. 477,400) 38 km away, Kathua (pop. 48,600) 73 km away, and Pathankot (pop. 174,300) 89 km away. VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update volume and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.

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Date & time: Feb 8, 2022 16:19:27 UTC – Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, Feb 8, 2022 at 9:49 pm (GMT +5:30)Magnitude: 4.6Depth: 123.8 km Epicenter latitude / longitude: 32.7027°N / 74.8558°E (Jammu district, Kashmir, India) Antipode: 32.703°S / 105.144°WNearby towns and cities:4 km (2 mi) SSW of Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) (pop: 465,600) –> See nearby quakes!10 km (6 mi) N of Bishnāh (Jammu and Kashmir) (pop: 11,600) –> See nearby quakes!28 km (17 mi) ENE of Hadali (Punjab, Pakistan) (pop: 49,700) – -> See nearby quakes!29 km (18 mi) WNW of Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) (pop: 26,900) –> See nearby quakes!36 km (22 mi) SW of Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) (pop: 80,400) ) –> See nearby quakes!38 km (24 mi) NE of Sialkot (Punjab, Pakistan) (pop: 477,400) –> See nearby quakes! 73 km (45 mi) WNW of Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) (pop : 48,600) –> See nearby quakes!89 km (55 mi) WNW of Pathankot (Punjab) (pop: 174,300) –> See nearby quakes!154 km (96 mi) S of Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) (pop : 975,90 0) –> See nearby quakes!506 km (314 mi) NNW of New Delhi (pop: 317,800) –> See nearby quakes!Weather at epicenter at time of quake: Scattered Clouds 14.6°C (58 F), humidity : 57%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from NNE Primary data source: NCS (National Center for Seismology) Estimated released energy: 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience and submit a short “I felt it” report! Other users would love to hear about it!If you did not feel the quake although you were in the area, please report it! Your contribution is valuable to earthquake science, seismic hazard analysis and mitigation efforts. You can use your device location or the map to indicate where you were during the earthquake. Thank you!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 normally takes up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.

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