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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near western Xizang


Earthquake location 34.2195S, 86.4175WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, western Xizang (0 miles). Event id: us7000mq3u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mq3u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 86.4175 East, latitude 34.2195 North, depth = 12.914 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.914 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/24 / 2024-06-03 18:54:06 / June 3, 2024 @ 6:54 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:54:06 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter).

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 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 in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: western Xizang. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 86.4175° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.2195° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.914 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place western Xizang Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-03 18:54:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-03 19:22:29 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 326 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.473 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us7000mq3u Id of event.
Event Code 7000mq3u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mq3u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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