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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Hede in China


Earthquake location 33.5895S, 120.3267WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Hede in China. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.3267° East, 33.5895° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007fgd. Unique identifier: us20007fgd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/16 / 2016-10-19 20:51:11 / October 19, 2016 @ 8:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:51:11 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Yancheng (c. 628 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Dongtai (c. 111 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Xinghua (c. 105 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Hede (c. 89 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Dazhong (c. 84 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Dongkan (c. 72 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Qinnan (c. 56 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Xinghua, Dongtai, Dongkan.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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: 20 km SSE of Hede, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.3267° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.5895° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km SSE of Hede, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-19 20:51:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-20 00:17:30 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 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 6.41 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us20007fgd Id of event.
Event Code 20007fgd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007fgd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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