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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Pubu in China


Earthquake location 32.9076S, 90.3416WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 136 km NNE of Pubu, China (85 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i7bi. Id of event: us2000i7bi. The temblor was reported at 13:43:44 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 90.3416 East, latitude 32.9076 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/11/18 / 2018-11-06 05:43:44 / November 6, 2018 @ 5:43 am. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 136 km NNE of Pubu, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 90.3416° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.9076° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 136km NNE of Pubu, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-06 05:43:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-06 06:50:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 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 340 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 3.264 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 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 us2000i7bi Id of event.
Event Code 2000i7bi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000i7bi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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