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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Sungjibaegam in North Korea

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Sungjibaegam in North Korea on Sunday. Global time and date of event 03/09/17 / 2017-09-03 03:38:31 / September 3, 2017 @ 3:38 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:38:31 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.03 East, latitude 41.35 North, depth = 0 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000aetk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aetk.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chongjin, Hyesan-si, Hyesan-dong (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Chongjin (c. 327 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hyesan-si (c. 192 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hyesan-dong (c. 97 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kilju (c. 63 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kyŏngsŏng (c. 35 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Nanam (c. 34 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, North Korea (c. 22 912 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	129.03° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.35° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-03 03:38:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-03 06:02:27	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	540	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	259	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		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	collapse	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000aetk	Id of event.
Event Code	2000aetk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000aetk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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