Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Alkhan-Yurt in Russia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Alkhan-Yurt in Russia on Sunday. Global time and date of event 13/12/20 / 2020-12-13 11:34:18 / December 13, 2020 @ 11:34 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly 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, longitude 45.6378 East, latitude 43.2312 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000cqrv. Unique identifier: us7000cqrv. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:34:18 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mozdok, Bavtugay, Novyy Sulak (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Vladikavkaz (c. 317 400 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Groznyy (c. 226 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Nazran’ (c. 164 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Khasavyurt (c. 126 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ordzhonikidzevskaya (c. 71 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Staryy Malgobek (c. 46 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Malgobek (c. 43 400 pop). Close country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km E of Alkhan-Yurt, Russia.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.6378° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.2312° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km E of Alkhan-Yurt, Russia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-13 11:34:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-13 12:09:31	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	326	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	2.263	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	47	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	us7000cqrv	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cqrv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cqrv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

45.6378° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

43.2312° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5 km E of Alkhan-Yurt, Russia

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-12-13 11:34:18

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-12-13 12:09:31

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

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

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

2.263

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.94 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000cqrv

Id of event.

Event Code

7000cqrv

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000cqrv,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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