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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Liupanshui in China


Earthquake location 26.0414S, 104.4792WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Liupanshui in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:23:59 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 104.4792 East, latitude 26.0414 North, depth = 12.275 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 10:23:59 / October 26, 2024 @ 10:23 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nrps. Unique identifier: us7000nrps. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.275 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Weining, Liupanshui (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Liupanshui (c. 251 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Weining (c. 56 700 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km SSW of Liupanshui, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 104.4792° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.0414° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.275 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70 km SSW of Liupanshui, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-26 10:23:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-20 12:55:45 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 284 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.114 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us7000nrps Id of event.
Event Code 7000nrps An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nrps, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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