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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Arzak in China


Earthquake location 40.2668S, 77.2486WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 116 km NE of Arzak, China (72 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.3 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 77.2486° East, 40.2668° North, depth 30.3 km. Global time and date of event 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 13:49:42 / January 14, 2019 @ 1:49 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000j3rd. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j3rd. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:49:42 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 116 km NE of Arzak, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 77.2486° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.2668° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 116km NE of Arzak, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-14 13:49:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-14 14:17:35 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 1.52 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us2000j3rd Id of event.
Event Code 2000j3rd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j3rd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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