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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 56 km NNE of Gyigang, China


Earthquake location 29.1121S, 97.8014WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 56 km NNE of Gyigang, China (35 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006qxc. Id of event: us10006qxc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/09/16 / 2016-09-19 21:11:27 / September 19, 2016 @ 9:11 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 97.8014° East, 29.1121° North, depth 64.45 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.45 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:11:27 / 5:11 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km NNE of Gyigang, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 97.8014° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.1121° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56km NNE of Gyigang, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-19 21:11:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-03 04:21:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 5.783 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us10006qxc Id of event.
Event Code 10006qxc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006qxc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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