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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Shihezi in China


Earthquake location 44.2113S, 84.8869WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Shihezi in China. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cppk. Id of event: us6000cppk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:38:09 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 84.8869° East, latitude 44.2113° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/11/20 / 2020-11-18 02:38:09 / November 18, 2020 @ 2:38 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Shihezi (c. 572 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shihezi (min 5000 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km W of Shihezi, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 84.8869° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.2113° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km W of Shihezi, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-18 02:38:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-18 02:56:29 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 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 3.162 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us6000cppk Id of event.
Event Code 6000cppk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000cppk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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