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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 84 km NE of Urzhar, Kazakhstan


Earthquake location 47.7042S, 82.2793WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Urzhar in Kazakhstan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 82.2793° East, 47.7042° North, depth 15.79 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:25:37 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.79 km (10 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000e55k. Event ids that are associated: us1000e55k. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 01:25:37 / May 15, 2018 @ 1:25 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Urzhar (c. 14 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Urzhar. Close country/countries, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 have been detected nearby. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 84 km NE of Urzhar, Kazakhstan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 82.2793° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.7042° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84km NE of Urzhar, Kazakhstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-15 01:25:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-15 01:49:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 360 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 0.911 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us1000e55k Id of event.
Event Code 1000e55k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e55k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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