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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Zinjibar in Yemen


Earthquake location 12.0756S, 46.2207WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 147 km SE of Zinjibar, Yemen (91 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.94 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 02:15:15 / July 9, 2015 @ 2:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 46.2207 East, latitude 12.0756 North, depth = 14.94 km. The temblor was reported at 05:15:15 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000319q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000319q.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 147 km SE of Zinjibar, Yemen. This information 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 46.2207° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.0756° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 147km 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 2015-07-09 02:15:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-07 01:03:15 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 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.347 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us2000319q Id of event.
Event Code 2000319q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000319q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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