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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Kulary in Russia

Posted by admin on December 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 43.2085S, 45.5186WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kulary in Russia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.74 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:29:51 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/20 / 2020-12-12 21:29:51 / December 12, 2020 @ 9:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 45.5186° East, 43.2085° North, depth 25.74 km. Id of earthquake: us7000cqmw. Event ids that are associated: us7000cqmw.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ardon, Mutsalaul, Kargalinskaya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Vladikavkaz (c. 317 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Groznyy (c. 226 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Nazran’ (c. 164 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Khasavyurt (c. 126 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Ordzhonikidzevskaya (c. 71 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Staryy Malgobek (c. 46 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Malgobek (c. 43 400 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 3 km SSE of Kulary, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 45.5186° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.2085° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SSE of Kulary, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-12 21:29:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-12 22:51:16 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 340 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 2.189 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us7000cqmw Id of event.
Event Code 7000cqmw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cqmw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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