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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Karaton in Kazakhstan


Earthquake location 46.2066S, 53.3664WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Karaton in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 53.3664° East, latitude 46.2066° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:56:13 / 1:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 01:56:13 / April 23, 2024 @ 1:56 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000mv85. Event ids that are associated: us6000mv85. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Qaraton (c. 8 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qaraton. 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 was reported nearby. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km SSW of Karaton, Kazakhstan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 53.3664° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.2066° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 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 2024-04-23 01:56:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-30 22:43:48 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 246 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.562 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 us6000mv85 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mv85 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mv85, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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