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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Kashgar in China


Earthquake location 39.6785S, 75.0774WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Kashgar in China on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 75.0774 East, latitude 39.6785 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nspb. Id of event: us7000nspb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:08:13 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/24 / 2024-11-19 17:08:13 / November 19, 2024 @ 5:08 pm.

Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Kashi (c. 274 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashi (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km WNW of Kashgar, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.0774° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.6785° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km WNW of Kashgar, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-19 17:08:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-19 18:16:13 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 298 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.411 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 93 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 us7000nspb Id of event.
Event Code 7000nspb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nspb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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