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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 10 km NE of Lin’an, China


Earthquake location 23.6635S, 102.9073WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Lin’an in China. The temblor was reported at 06:37:50 / 6:37 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 20/02/15 / 2015-02-20 22:37:50 / February 20, 2015 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 102.9073 East, latitude 23.6635 North, depth 10 km, unique identifier, usc000ts0n

Close countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Kaiyuan (c. 198 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Gejiu (c. 136 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Yuxi (c. 103 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuxi, Gejiu, Kaiyuan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 102.9073° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.6635° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km NE of Lin'an, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-20 22:37:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-20 22:56:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 326 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.504 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 usc000ts0n Id of event.
Event Code c000ts0n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usc000ts0n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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