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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Arzak in China


Earthquake location 39.9292S, 75.958WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Arzak in China on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.74 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:44:12 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e0dm. Unique identifier: us1000e0dm. Exact location of earthquake, 75.958° East, 39.9292° North, depth 23.74 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 00:44:12 / May 8, 2018 @ 12:44 am.

Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Kashi (c. 274 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kashi (min 5000 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 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.

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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 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: 31 km NNW of Arzak, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 75.958° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.9292° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km NNW of Arzak, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-08 00:44:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-08 01:06:09 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 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 2.56 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000e0dm Id of event.
Event Code 1000e0dm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e0dm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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