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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Jiangyou in China


Earthquake location 31.8339S, 104.5353WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Jiangyou in China on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 104.5353° East, 31.8339° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 18:24:30 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000c71i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c71i. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/20 / 2020-10-22 18:24:30 / October 22, 2020 @ 6:24 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Mianyang (c. 264 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Deyang (c. 152 200 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Jiangyou (c. 127 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Deyang, Mianyang, Jiangyou (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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: 18 km WNW of Jiangyou, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 104.5353° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.8339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km WNW of Jiangyou, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-22 18:24:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-03 16:41:24 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 4.17 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 99 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 us7000c71i Id of event.
Event Code 7000c71i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c71i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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