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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Zhangfeng in China


Earthquake location 24.2339S, 97.8487WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Zhangfeng in China on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nh53. Unique identifier: us6000nh53. The temblor was reported at 06:22:06 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 97.8487 East, latitude 24.2339 North, depth = 12.956 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.956 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 06:22:06 / July 19, 2024 @ 6:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Bhamo (c. 47 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bhamo (min 5000 pop).

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. 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 have been detected nearby.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 6 km NE of Zhangfeng, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 97.8487° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.2339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.956 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NE of Zhangfeng, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-19 06:22:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 07:29:13 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.896 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 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 us6000nh53 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nh53 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nh53, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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