Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Dunhuang in China

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 225 km SSW of Dunhuang, China (140 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.68 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/07/24 / 2024-07-30 08:24:05 / July 30, 2024 @ 8:24 am. Id of earthquake: us6000nguu. Event ids that are associated: us6000nguu. The temblor was picked up at 08:24:05 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 93.5916 East, latitude 38.3263 North, depth = 10.68 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 225 km SSW of Dunhuang, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	93.5916° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.3263° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.68 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	225 km SSW of Dunhuang, China	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-30 08:24:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-30 11:51:47	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	340	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	49	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	8.408	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	92	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	us6000nguu	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nguu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nguu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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