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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Damai in China


Earthquake location 35.0642S, 102.6623WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Damai in China. 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). The temblor was detected at 01:56:48 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/19 / 2019-10-27 17:56:48 / October 27, 2019 @ 5:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 102.6623 East, latitude 35.0642 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us600063nh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600063nh.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Linxia Chengguanzhen (c. 202 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Linxia Chengguanzhen (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 15 km S of Damai, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.6623° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0642° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km S of Damai, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-10-27 17:56:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-27 18:11:21 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 416 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 13.074 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 29 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us600063nh Id of event.
Event Code 600063nh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600063nh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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