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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 60 km S of Kangding, China


Earthquake location 29.4609S, 102.0208WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kangding in China. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 102.0208° East, 29.4609° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:57:13 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000nmvn. Event ids that are associated: us6000nmvn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/24 / 2024-08-06 04:57:13 / August 6, 2024 @ 4:57 am.

Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Kangding (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kangding.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 60 km S of Kangding, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.0208° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.4609° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 60 km S of Kangding, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-06 04:57:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-26 23:11:04 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 312 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.629 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 us6000nmvn Id of event.
Event Code 6000nmvn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nmvn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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