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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Kashi in China


Earthquake location 39.6181S, 75.6198WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Kashi in China on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10005huw. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005huw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:24:31 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 75.6198° East, latitude 39.6181° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/16 / 2016-05-17 00:24:31 / May 17, 2016 @ 12:24 am.

Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kashi. Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Kashi (c. 274 700 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 35 km WNW of Kashi, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.6198° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.6181° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km WNW of Kashi, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-17 00:24:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-24 03:13:33 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 259 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 2.684 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us10005huw Id of event.
Event Code 10005huw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005huw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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