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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Unteriberg in Switzerland


Earthquake location 47.0902S, 8.7719WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Unteriberg in Switzerland. The temblor was detected at 00:34:32 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 8.7719° East, latitude 47.0902° North, depth = 1.276 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mq5x. Id of event: us7000mq5x. Global time and date of event 04/06/24 / 2024-06-04 00:34:32 / June 4, 2024 @ 12:34 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.276 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Zürich (c. 341 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Winterthur (c. 91 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Konstanz (c. 81 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Sankt Gallen (c. 70 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Friedrichshafen (c. 58 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Luzern (c. 57 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Switzerland (c. 7 581 000 pop), Germany (c. 81 802 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rheinfelden (Baden), Derendingen, Meckenbeuren (min 5000 pop).

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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km NW of Unteriberg, Switzerland.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 8.7719° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.0902° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.276 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km NW of Unteriberg, Switzerland Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-04 00:34:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-04 00:47:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.6 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 259 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.734 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us7000mq5x Id of event.
Event Code 7000mq5x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mq5x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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