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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Zhaotong in China


Earthquake location 27.268S, 103.128WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Zhaotong in China. The temblor was picked up at 16:54:13 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 16:54:13 / May 21, 2024 @ 4:54 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.642 km (12 miles). Event id: us7000mnj0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mnj0. Exact location of event, longitude 103.128 East, latitude 27.268 North, depth = 18.642 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zhaotong (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Zhaotong (c. 109 400 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 has struck near. 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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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. 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: 58 km W of Zhaotong, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 103.128° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.268° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.642 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km W of Zhaotong, 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 16:54:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-11 21:27:29 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 284 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 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.34 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us7000mnj0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mnj0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mnj0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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