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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Puan in South Korea


Earthquake location 35.7901S, 126.6882WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Puan in South Korea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrub. Unique identifier: us7000mrub. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 126.6882° East, 35.7901° North, depth 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:26:50 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 23:26:50 / June 11, 2024 @ 11:26 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, South Korea (c. 48 423 000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Daejeon (c. 1 475 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Gwangju (c. 1 416 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Jeonju (c. 711 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Iksan (c. 283 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Kunsan (c. 243 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hongsung (c. 89 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Muan, Hongsung, Daejeon.

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 occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km NNW of Puan, South Korea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.6882° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.7901° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NNW of Puan, South Korea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-11 23:26:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-11 23:56:38 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 4.3 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 285 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.803 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us7000mrub Id of event.
Event Code 7000mrub An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mrub, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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