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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Kashgar in China

Posted by admin on June 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.9958S, 75.2728WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Kashgar in China. Global time and date of event 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 05:39:02 / June 16, 2024 @ 5:39 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 47.324 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 75.2728 East, latitude 38.9958 North, depth = 47.324 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:39:02 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000msrq. Unique identifier: us7000msrq.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Kashi (c. 274 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashi (min 5000 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 81 km SW of Kashgar, China.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.2728° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.9958° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.324 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km SW of Kashgar, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-16 05:39:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-16 06:16:13 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.072 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us7000msrq Id of event.
Event Code 7000msrq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000msrq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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