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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Zarubino in Russia


Earthquake location 42.5345S, 131.3592WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Zarubino in Russia on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 14/07/20 / 2020-07-14 08:46:00 / July 14, 2020 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000an9d. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000an9d. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 131.3592 East, latitude 42.5345 North, depth = 562.16 km. The temblor was detected at 08:46:00 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 562.16 km (349 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop), North Korea (c. 22 912 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hunchun, Dunay, Sŏnbong (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Vladivostok (c. 587 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hunchun (c. 77 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aoji-ri (c. 34 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sŏnbong (c. 27 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Slavyanka (c. 14 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ungsang-nodongjagu (c. 8 400 pop).

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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 24 km ESE of Zarubino, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 131.3592° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.5345° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 562.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km ESE of Zarubino, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-14 08:46:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-15 06:07:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 259 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 1.726 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 78 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 us7000an9d Id of event.
Event Code 7000an9d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000an9d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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