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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Vostok in Russia


Earthquake location 47.0103S, 150.5875WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 246 km SSE of Vostok, Russia (153 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bthn. Id of event: us2000bthn. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.5875 East, latitude 47.0103 North, depth = 175.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/11/17 / 2017-11-14 07:12:13 / November 14, 2017 @ 7:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:12:13 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 175.18 km (109 miles) below the earth’s surface.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 246 km SSE of Vostok, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 150.5875° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.0103° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 175.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 246km SSE of Vostok, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-14 07:12:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-28 08:55:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 7.626 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 137 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 us2000bthn Id of event.
Event Code 2000bthn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bthn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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