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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 67 km SSW of Xichang, China


Earthquake location 27.3141S, 102.0695WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Xichang in China. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:14:11 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 102.0695 East, latitude 27.3141 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/06/24 / 2024-06-04 04:14:11 / June 4, 2024 @ 4:14 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrqm. Unique identifier: us7000mrqm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dadukou, Xichang. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) from Dadukou (c. 461 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Xichang (c. 126 800 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km SSW of Xichang, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.0695° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.3141° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km SSW of Xichang, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-04 04:14:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-12 01:17:47 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 298 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 24.275 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us7000mrqm Id of event.
Event Code 7000mrqm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mrqm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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