Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 3 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany


Earthquake location 47.7077S, 7.9876WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Todtmoos in Germany. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/24 / 2024-06-27 01:06:51 / June 27, 2024 @ 1:06 am. Exact location of earthquake, 7.9876° East, 47.7077° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:06:51 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n8j2. Id of event: us6000n8j2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Zürich (c. 341 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Freiburg (c. 216 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Basel (c. 164 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mulhouse (c. 111 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Winterthur (c. 91 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Villingen-Schwenningen (c. 81 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Switzerland (c. 7 581 000 pop), Germany (c. 81 802 000 pop), France (c. 64 768 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mandeure, Stetten am Kalten Markt, Héricourt.

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 has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

Questions or comments?

Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 SSW of Todtmoos, Germany.

Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 7.9876° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.7077° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-27 01:06:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-27 01:28:52 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 271 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.664 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us6000n8j2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8j2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8j2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply