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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Jiajuedibu in China


Earthquake location 30.4062S, 87.4905WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 124 km WSW of Jiajuedibu, China (77 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.4905 East, latitude 30.4062 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000g478. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000g478. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 15:45:31 / August 1, 2018 @ 3:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:45:31 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 124 km WSW of Jiajuedibu, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 87.4905° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 30.4062° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 124km WSW of Jiajuedibu, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-01 15:45:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-14 01:58:14 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 2.51 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us1000g478 Id of event.
Event Code 1000g478 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g478, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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