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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Broken Bow in Nebraska


Earthquake location 41.3398S, -100.0944WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Broken Bow in Nebraska. Event id: us2000fsv1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fsv1. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 08:41:57 / July 1, 2018 @ 8:41 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:41:57 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -100.0944 West, latitude 41.3398 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from North Platte (c. 24 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Lexington (c. 10 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lexington, North Platte (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 38 km W of Broken Bow, Nebraska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.0944° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.3398° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km W of Broken Bow, Nebraska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-01 08:41:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-01 09:11:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 20 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.73 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 267 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 1.38 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us2000fsv1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000fsv1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fsv1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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