Technical Details of Bangladeshi Earthquake which Hits on 27 July 2008 at 00:56:09 Hour BDT

Technical Details of Bangladeshi Earthquake which Hits on 27 July 2008 at 00:56:09 Hour BDT

Earthquake of 4.9 on the Richter scale, struck Bangladesh on Sunday 27 July 2008 at approximate 00:56:09 Hour BDT (+6 GMT). But no damage or casualty was immediately reported. The tremor lasted for approximate 8 seconds. I didn't get the epicenter of this earthquake for lack of equipments.

But when I contact U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center, they give me a Preliminary Earthquake Technical Report. See Bellow for details:

Magnitude: 4.9

Date-Time: Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 18:51:49 UTC

Location: 24.773°N, 90.480°E

Depth: 5.2 km (3.2 miles) (poorly constrained)

Region: BANGLADESH

Distances:

10 km (5 miles) ENE of Mymensingh, Bangladesh
100 km (60 miles) N of Tungi (Tongi), Bangladesh
115 km (70 miles) N of DHAKA, Bangladesh
325 km (200 miles) NE of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India

Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 9.3 km (5.8 miles); depth +/- 33 km (20.5 miles)

Parameters: NST= 45, Nph= 45, Dmin=550.4 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Gp= 58°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=Q

Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


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