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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Al Qunfidhah in Saudi Arabia


Earthquake location 17.921S, 40.1442WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 165 km SW of Al Qunfidhah, Saudi Arabia (103 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000jbhn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jbhn. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:24:02 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/19 / 2019-03-06 21:24:02 / March 6, 2019 @ 9:24 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 40.1442 East, latitude 17.921 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

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 three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 165 km SW of Al Qunfidhah, Saudi Arabia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 40.1442° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.921° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 165km SW of Al Qunfidhah, Saudi Arabia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-06 21:24:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-06 22:36:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 340 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 6.869 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us1000jbhn Id of event.
Event Code 1000jbhn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jbhn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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