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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Karaton in Kazakhstan


Earthquake location 46.1848S, 53.2841WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Karaton in Kazakhstan. Exact location of event, depth 11.926 km, 53.2841° East, 46.1848° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:16:14 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.926 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 19:16:14 / April 22, 2024 @ 7:16 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000muy6. Id of event: us6000muy6.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qaraton (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Qaraton (c. 8 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 32 km SSW of Karaton, Kazakhstan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 53.2841° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.1848° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.926 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km SSW of Karaton, Kazakhstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-22 19:16:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-03 15:26:06 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 271 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.442 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us6000muy6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000muy6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muy6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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