Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Simao in China

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Simao in China on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 17:33:09 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 101.6404° East, 22.3655° North. Event id: us7000nzbs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzbs. Global time and date of event 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 17:33:09 / December 3, 2024 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Laos (c. 6 368 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Phôngsali. Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Phôngsali (c. 13 500 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 have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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 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: 82 km SE of Simao, China.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	101.6404° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	22.3655° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	82 km SE of Simao, China	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-03 17:33:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-17 16:07:34	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.187	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.87 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	71	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	us7000nzbs	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nzbs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nzbs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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