Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Gudermes in Russia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Gudermes in Russia. The temblor was reported at 18:25:17 / 6:25 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70007q1l. Event ids that are associated: us70007q1l. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 46.054° East, 43.4° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/02/20 / 2020-02-06 15:25:17 / February 6, 2020 @ 3:25 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elin-Yurt, Galashki, Chirkey (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Groznyy (c. 226 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Khasavyurt (c. 126 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ordzhonikidzevskaya (c. 71 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kizlyar (c. 50 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Urus-Martan (c. 41 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kizilyurt (c. 33 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 6 km NW of Gudermes, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	46.054° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.4° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km NW of Gudermes, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-06 15:25:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-06 18:05:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	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	2.317	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	127	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	us70007q1l	Id of event.
Event Code	70007q1l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70007q1l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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