Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near M’sila in Algeria

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from M’sila in Algeria on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 12:44:11 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mu0s. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mu0s. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 4.6777° East, 35.2614° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/04/24 / 2024-04-20 12:44:11 / April 20, 2024 @ 12:44 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Melouza, Bordj Bou Arreridj, El Achir (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Bordj Bou Arreridj (c. 168 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from El Achir (c. 158 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from M’Sila (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barika (c. 98 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Tolga (c. 68 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Râs el Oued (c. 56 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected in the same area.

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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: 51 km SSE of M’sila, Algeria.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	4.6777° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.2614° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	51 km SSE of M’sila, Algeria	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-04-20 12:44:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-04-28 17:29:13	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	284	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.838	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.54 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	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	us6000mu0s	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mu0s	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mu0s,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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