Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Alkhan-Yurt in Russia

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Alkhan-Yurt in Russia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:05:01 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/12/20 / 2020-12-13 13:05:01 / December 13, 2020 @ 1:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 45.5723 East, latitude 43.204 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000cqse. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cqse.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kizlyar, Mozdok, Kargalinskaya (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Vladikavkaz (c. 317 400 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Groznyy (c. 226 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Nazran’ (c. 164 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Khasavyurt (c. 126 800 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Ordzhonikidzevskaya (c. 71 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Staryy Malgobek (c. 46 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Malgobek (c. 43 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km S of Alkhan-Yurt, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	45.5723° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.204° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km S 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 13:05:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-13 14:29:33	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	2.227	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	77	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	us7000cqse	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cqse	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cqse,	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

45.5723° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

43.204° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

3 km S 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 13:05:01

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-12-13 14:29:33

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

2.227

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

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

us7000cqse

Id of event.

Event Code

7000cqse

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

Event IDS

,us7000cqse,

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

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