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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Zinjibar in Yemen


Earthquake location 12.0962S, 46.2289WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 146 km SE of Zinjibar, Yemen (91 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 46.2289 East, latitude 12.0962 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:52:28 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/15 / 2015-07-13 16:52:28 / July 13, 2015 @ 4:52 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us20002x6b. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002x6b.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 146 km SE of Zinjibar, Yemen.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 46.2289° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.0962° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 146km SE of Zinjibar, Yemen Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-13 16:52:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-13 20:23:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 354 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 3.358 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us20002x6b Id of event.
Event Code 20002x6b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002x6b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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