Moderate magnitude 4.4 quake hits 9 km southwest of Silchar, India early afternoon
4.4 quake 9 Sep 3:48 pm (GMT +5:30)

India's National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported a magnitude 4.4 quake in India near Silchar, Cachar, Assam, only 12 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early afternoon on Saturday, September 9th, 2023, at 3:18 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 43 km. 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 German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.6.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Silchar (pop. 152,400) located 9 km from the epicenter, Badarpur (pop. 11,000) 19 km away, Hailākāndi (pop. 31,000) 20 km away, and Lakhipur (pop. 12,900) 27 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Karimganj (pop. 55,300) located 41 km from the epicenter, Haflong (pop. 40,000) 53 km away, and Kolasib (pop. 25,000) 60 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Sep 9, 2023 3:48 pm (GMT +5:30) local time (9 Sep 2023 10:18 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 43.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 24.76°N / 92.74°E (Cachar, Assam, India)
Primary data source: NCS
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