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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Gannan in China


Earthquake location 47.7381S, 123.607WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Gannan in China. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 01/12/19 / 2019-12-01 14:04:29 / December 1, 2019 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:04:29 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.607 East, latitude 47.7381 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006pgn. Id of event: us60006pgn.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zalantun, Fuyu, Nianzishan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Qiqihar (c. 882 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hulan Ergi (c. 265 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Zalantun (c. 132 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Longjiang (c. 106 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Fuyu (c. 75 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Nianzishan (c. 62 100 pop).

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 was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km SSE of Gannan, China. This information 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 123.607° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.7381° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SSE of Gannan, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-01 14:04:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-09 21:47:25 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 2.992 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 us60006pgn Id of event.
Event Code 60006pgn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006pgn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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