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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Tangshan in China

Posted by admin on October 9, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.6457S, 118.3142WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Tangshan in China on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:09:38 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.8 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 118.3142 East, latitude 39.6457 North, depth = 13.8 km. Event id: us10006pun. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006pun. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/09/16 / 2016-09-10 10:09:38 / September 10, 2016 @ 10:09 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 11 km (7 miles) from Tangshan (c. 3 372 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tanggu (c. 535 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hangu (c. 208 400 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Linxi (c. 100 300 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Zhaogezhuang (c. 86 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Tangjiazhuang (c. 79 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Fengrun (c. 65 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Liukuaizhuang, Xiditou, Dakoutun.

Every 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 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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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: 11 km E of Tangshan, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 118.3142° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.6457° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km E of Tangshan, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-09-10 10:09:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-09 11:51:26 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 312 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 1.694 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 106 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 us10006pun Id of event.
Event Code 10006pun An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006pun, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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