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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Kangding in China

Posted by admin on May 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 29.8654S, 102.1394WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Kangding in China on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mnic. Unique identifier: us7000mnic. Exact location of earthquake, 102.1394° East, 29.8654° North, depth 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 01:38:41 / May 21, 2024 @ 1:38 am. The temblor was reported at 01:38:41 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kangding (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Kangding (c. 100 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 23 km SE of Kangding, China.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.1394° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.8654° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km SE of Kangding, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-21 01:38:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-28 22:22:41 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 6.213 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 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 us7000mnic Id of event.
Event Code 7000mnic An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mnic, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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