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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Pingyuan in China

Posted by admin on October 26, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 25.055S, 97.9054WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Pingyuan in China. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:34:12 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 18:34:12 / October 12, 2017 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 97.9054 East, latitude 25.055 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aui7. Id of event: us1000aui7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Myitkyina. Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Myitkyina (c. 90 900 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has struck near.

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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. 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: 35 km N of Pingyuan, China.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 97.9054° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.055° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km N of Pingyuan, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-12 18:34:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-26 18:29:43 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 246 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 3.381 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 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 us1000aui7 Id of event.
Event Code 1000aui7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000aui7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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