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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Xichang in China

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Earthquake location 28.3726S, 102.292WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Xichang in China on Thursday. Unique identifier: us6000mtsb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mtsb. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 102.292° East, 28.3726° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:55:26 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 23:55:26 / April 18, 2024 @ 11:55 pm. 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) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Xichang (c. 126 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Xichang. Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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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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: 52 km N of Xichang, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.292° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.3726° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km N of Xichang, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-18 23:55:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-27 20:52:27 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 10.336 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us6000mtsb Id of event.
Event Code 6000mtsb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtsb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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