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Strong earthquake 6.8 mag, 33 km SSW of Turt, Mongolia


Earthquake location 51.2407S, 100.4428WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Turt in Mongolia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/21 / 2021-01-11 21:32:58 / January 11, 2021 @ 9:32 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d7ix. Id of event: us6000d7ix. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.4428 East, latitude 51.2407 North, depth = 10 km. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:32:58 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). The epicenter was 127 km (79 miles) from Kyren (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kyren.

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 33 km SSW of Turt, Mongolia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 100.4428° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.2407° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km SSW of Turt, Mongolia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-11 21:32:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-11 21:52:02 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 711 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 2.05 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 22 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000d7ix Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7ix An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d7ix, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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