Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 125 km SSW of Kashi, China

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 125 km SSW of Kashi, China (78 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000bs9n. Event ids that are associated: us2000bs9n. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 136.89 km (85 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/11/17 / 2017-11-21 13:15:20 / November 21, 2017 @ 1:15 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 75.4981° East, 38.3885° North, depth 136.89 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:15:20 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 125 km SSW of Kashi, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	75.4981° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.3885° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	136.89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	125km SSW of Kashi, China	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-11-21 13:15:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-21 15:22:50	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	284	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	3.051	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.36 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	112	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	us2000bs9n	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bs9n	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000bs9n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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