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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Tiksi in Russia


Earthquake location 72.1417S, 133.8758WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 180 km ENE of Tiksi, Russia (112 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d2cr. Unique identifier: us1000d2cr. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:55:17 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/18 / 2018-03-03 00:55:17 / March 3, 2018 @ 12:55 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 133.8758 East, latitude 72.1417 North, depth = 13.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.71 km (9 miles).

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 occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 180 km ENE of Tiksi, Russia. This information 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 133.8758° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 72.1417° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 180km ENE of Tiksi, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-03 00:55:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-17 03:57:26 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 1.647 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 116 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 us1000d2cr Id of event.
Event Code 1000d2cr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000d2cr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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