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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Kazakhstan-Xinjiang border region


Earthquake location 44.3774S, 80.8047WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported Kazakhstan-Xinjiang border region kilometers (0 miles) from Kazakhstan-Xinjiang border region on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/20 / 2020-07-13 01:28:02 / July 13, 2020 @ 1:28 am. The temblor was reported at 01:28:02 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 80.8047° East, 44.3774° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000amis. Event ids that are associated: us7000amis.

Nearby country/countries, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zharkent. Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Zharkent (c. 34 400 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Kazakhstan-Xinjiang border region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 80.8047° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.3774° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Kazakhstan-Xinjiang border region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-13 01:28:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-13 01:46:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 312 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 1.418 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us7000amis Id of event.
Event Code 7000amis An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000amis, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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