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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Shihezi in China

Posted by admin on December 7, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 43.8744S, 86.5553WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Shihezi in China. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 86.5553° East, 43.8744° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/18 / 2018-12-07 22:39:25 / December 7, 2018 @ 10:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000i4m3. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000i4m3. The temblor was detected at 06:39:25 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ürümqi (c. 3 029 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Shihezi (c. 572 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Yan’an Beilu (c. 198 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ürümqi, Shihezi, Yan’an Beilu.

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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 63 km SE of Shihezi, China.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 86.5553° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.8744° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km SE of Shihezi, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-07 22:39:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-07 22:59:59 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 326 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 4.19 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us1000i4m3 Id of event.
Event Code 1000i4m3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000i4m3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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