Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Wang Nuea in Thailand

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wang Nuea in Thailand on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:05:42 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 99.6261 East, latitude 19.1925 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/02/19 / 2019-02-20 09:05:42 / February 20, 2019 @ 9:05 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000jkje. Event ids that are associated: us2000jkje.

Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Chiang Mai (c. 201 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Chiang Rai (c. 78 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Lamphun (c. 43 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Kamphaeng (c. 33 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Dok Kham Tai (c. 23 800 pop), 27 km (16 miles) from Phayao (c. 21 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Hang Dong (c. 17 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mae Tha, Lamphun, Hang Dong (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Thailand (c. 67 090 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	99.6261° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.1925° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km N of Wang Nuea, Thailand	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-02-20 09:05:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-02-20 10:09:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.8	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	327	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	0.746	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.63 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	us2000jkje	Id of event.
Event Code	2000jkje	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000jkje,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

99.6261° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

19.1925° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km N of Wang Nuea, Thailand

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-02-20 09:05:42

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-02-20 10:09:41

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

420

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

2.8

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

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

327

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.746

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.63 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000jkje

Id of event.

Event Code

2000jkje

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000jkje,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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