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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, Czech Republic


Earthquake location 50.2877S, 12.4147WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes Czech Republic kilometers (0 miles) from Czech Republic on Monday. Id of earthquake: us1000e9k7. Event ids that are associated: us1000e9k7. Global time and date of event 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 21:04:42 / May 21, 2018 @ 9:04 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:04:42 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). 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 13.26 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 12.4147° East, 50.2877° North, depth 13.26 km.

Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Chemnitz (c. 247 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Pilsen (c. 164 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Gera (c. 104 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Zwickau (c. 98 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayreuth (c. 75 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Most (c. 67 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pilsen, Bad Blankenburg, Sonnefeld (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Czech Republic (c. 10 476 000 pop), Germany (c. 81 802 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: Czech Republic. 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 12.4147° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.2877° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Czech Republic Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-21 21:04:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-21 22:35:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 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 260 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 0.974 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us1000e9k7 Id of event.
Event Code 1000e9k7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e9k7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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