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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Jianyi in China

Posted by admin on December 18, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.4592S, 122.9948WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Jianyi in China on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/17 / 2017-12-18 18:39:38 / December 18, 2017 @ 6:39 pm. Event id: us1000bspk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bspk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:39:38 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.9948 East, latitude 40.4592 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Anshan (c. 1 199 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Liaoyang (c. 687 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yingkou (c. 591 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Haicheng (c. 191 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Jiupu (c. 123 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Fengcheng (c. 120 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Zhuanghe (c. 80 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Liaoyang, Fengcheng, Zhuanghe.

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

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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: 11 km ESE of Jianyi, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.9948° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.4592° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km ESE of Jianyi, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-18 18:39:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-18 20:32:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 326 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 4.106 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us1000bspk Id of event.
Event Code 1000bspk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bspk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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