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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Ordos in China

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Earthquake location 39.2217S, 109.666WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ordos in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/04/24 / 2024-04-25 17:26:05 / April 25, 2024 @ 5:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:26:05 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000mtt5. Event ids that are associated: us6000mtt5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 109.666 East, latitude 39.2217 North, depth = 10 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Ordos (c. 1 940 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Dongsheng (c. 99 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dongsheng, Ordos.

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. 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 nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 44 km SSW of Ordos, 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 109.666° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2217° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km SSW of Ordos, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-25 17:26:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 15:03:02 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.083 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us6000mtt5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mtt5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mtt5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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