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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Yongchuan in China

Posted by admin on December 27, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 29.492S, 105.7638WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Yongchuan in China on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007myh. Unique identifier: us10007myh. The temblor was detected at 08:17:33 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 105.7638° East, 29.492° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 00:17:33 / December 27, 2016 @ 12:17 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zigong, Chonglong, Chongqing (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Chongqing (c. 7 457 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Beibei (c. 112 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hechuan (c. 97 600 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Yongchuan (c. 94 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yudong (c. 81 400 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 one 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 20 km NW of Yongchuan, China.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 105.7638° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.492° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km NW of Yongchuan, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-27 00:17:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-27 00:40:23 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 369 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 9.892 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us10007myh Id of event.
Event Code 10007myh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007myh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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