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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Kuqa in China


Earthquake location 41.9945S, 82.5737WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kuqa in China on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 05:26:01 / January 6, 2017 @ 5:26 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.25 km (16 miles). Id of earthquake: us10007rka. Event ids that are associated: us10007rka. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:26:01 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 25.25 km, 82.5737° East, 41.9945° North.

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 Kuche. Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km NW of Kuqa, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 82.5737° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.9945° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km NW of Kuqa, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-06 05:26:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-29 14:02:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 284 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 3.571 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us10007rka Id of event.
Event Code 10007rka An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007rka, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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