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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Lhasa in China


Earthquake location 29.7784S, 91.9489WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Lhasa in China. Unique identifier: us7000npgd. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000npgd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:03:49 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 91.9489° East, 29.7784° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/11/24 / 2024-11-01 22:03:49 / November 1, 2024 @ 10:03 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Lhasa (c. 118 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lhasa.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 nearby. Each 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km E of Lhasa, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 91.9489° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.7784° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km E of Lhasa, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-01 22:03:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-01 22:54:14 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 259 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 6.176 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us7000npgd Id of event.
Event Code 7000npgd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npgd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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