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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Xiluodu in China


Earthquake location 28.1288S, 103.6606WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Xiluodu in China on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 03:51:56 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter). 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 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/04/19 / 2019-04-09 19:51:56 / April 9, 2019 @ 7:51 pm. Id of earthquake: us700037nh. Event ids that are associated: us700037nh. Exact location, longitude 103.6606° East, latitude 28.1288° North, depth = 35 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Zhaotong (c. 109 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zhaotong (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 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 two, in the last 10 days two, 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. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SE of Xiluodu, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 103.6606° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.1288° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km SE of Xiluodu, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-09 19:51:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-07 17:47:44 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 284 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 5.53 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us700037nh Id of event.
Event Code 700037nh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700037nh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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