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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Changning in China


Earthquake location 28.4215S, 104.9219WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Changning in China. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.64 km (18 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:59:44 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 104.9219° East, latitude 28.4215° North, depth = 29.64 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10003j7e. Event ids that are associated: us10003j7e. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 22:59:44 / September 17, 2015 @ 10:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km S of Changning, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 104.9219° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.4215° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km S of Changning, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-17 22:59:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-17 03:11:17 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 284 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 4.398 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us10003j7e Id of event.
Event Code 10003j7e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003j7e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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