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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Zharkent in Kazakhstan


Earthquake location 44.4806S, 80.1145WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Zharkent in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us7000d221. Event ids that are associated: us7000d221. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:22:02 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 80.1145° East, 44.4806° North, depth 45.47 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.47 km (28 miles). Global time and date of event 12/01/21 / 2021-01-12 13:22:02 / January 12, 2021 @ 1:22 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Zharkent (c. 34 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zharkent (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km NNE of Zharkent, Kazakhstan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 80.1145° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.4806° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km NNE of Zharkent, Kazakhstan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-12 13:22:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-24 17:05:16 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 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 1.239 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 us7000d221 Id of event.
Event Code 7000d221 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d221, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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