Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near `Arta in Djibouti

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from `Arta in Djibouti. Exact location, longitude 42.8659° East, latitude 11.5071° North, depth = 3.88 km. The temblor was detected at 20:20:41 / 8:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005iwn. Id of event: us10005iwn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.88 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 17:20:41 / May 14, 2016 @ 5:20 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Djibouti (c. 623 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from ‘Ali Sabieh (c. 40 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from (c. 40 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tadjoura (c. 22 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Obock (c. 17 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Dikhil (c. 12 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dikhil, Obock, ‘Ali Sabieh. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Djibouti (c. 741 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km ESE of `Arta, Djibouti. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	42.8659° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	11.5071° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km ESE of `Arta, Djibouti	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-05-14 17:20:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-11 18:06:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.9	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	272	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	0.03	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.43 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	202	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	us10005iwn	Id of event.
Event Code	10005iwn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005iwn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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