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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Bariq in Saudi Arabia


Earthquake location 17.9099S, 40.0717WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 226 km WSW of Bariq, Saudi Arabia (140 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 06:46:13 / September 12, 2024 @ 6:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 40.0717° East, 17.9099° North, depth 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:46:13 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nd8a. Id of event: us7000nd8a.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 226 km WSW of Bariq, Saudi Arabia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.0717° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.9099° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 226 km WSW of Bariq, Saudi Arabia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-12 06:46:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-12 07:24:56 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 369 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 13.946 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us7000nd8a Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd8a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd8a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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