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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Ürümqi in China


Earthquake location 43.6579S, 88.0798WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ürümqi in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nefx. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nefx. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:33:00 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 08:33:00 / September 17, 2024 @ 8:33 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 88.0798 East, latitude 43.6579 North, depth = 10 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ürümqi (c. 3 029 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Yan’an Beilu (c. 198 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yan’an Beilu, Ürümqi (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km ESE of Ürümqi, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 88.0798° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.6579° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km ESE of Ürümqi, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-17 08:33:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 09:10:51 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 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.423 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us7000nefx Id of event.
Event Code 7000nefx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nefx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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