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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Domartang in China


Earthquake location 30.3239S, 94.9659WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 65 km S of Domartang, China (40 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 00:55:25 / August 3, 2015 @ 12:55 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.08 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100033wr. Event ids that are associated: us100033wr. Exact location of event, longitude 94.9659 East, latitude 30.3239 North, depth = 33.08 km. The temblor was reported at 08:55:25 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 65 km S of Domartang, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.9659° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.3239° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km 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 2015-08-03 00:55:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-24 01:19:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 259 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 3.386 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us100033wr Id of event.
Event Code 100033wr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100033wr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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