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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Yatou in China


Earthquake location 35.7959S, 124.0772WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 210 km SE of Yatou, China (130 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 124.0772 East, latitude 35.7959 North, depth = 15.77 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/21 / 2021-01-18 18:21:28 / January 18, 2021 @ 6:21 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:21:28 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.77 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000d167. Unique identifier: us7000d167.

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 one 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: 210 km SE of Yatou, China.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 124.0772° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.7959° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 210 km SE of Yatou, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-18 18:21:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-18 20:16:38 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 298 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 2.648 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us7000d167 Id of event.
Event Code 7000d167 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d167, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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