Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Domartang in China

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 63 km S of Domartang, China (39 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.8908 East, latitude 30.3272 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 06:00:35 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 22:00:35 / July 22, 2015 @ 10:00 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us20002zd2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002zd2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 63 km S of Domartang, China.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	94.8908° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.3272° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63km S of Domartang, China	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-22 22:00:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-07-22 22:24:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	340	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	12.379	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.59 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20002zd2	Id of event.
Event Code	20002zd2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20002zd2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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