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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Aykol in China


Earthquake location 41.3949S, 79.0056WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 106 km WNW of Aykol, China (66 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:31:09 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.325 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude 79.0056° East, latitude 41.3949° North, depth = 6.325 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mulz. Unique identifier: us6000mulz. Global time and date of event 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 11:31:09 / April 28, 2024 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 106 km WNW of Aykol, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 79.0056° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.3949° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.325 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106 km WNW of Aykol, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-28 11:31:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-28 13:03:29 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.251 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mulz Id of event.
Event Code 6000mulz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mulz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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