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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Umluj in Saudi Arabia

Posted by admin on March 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.4011S, 36.7541WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Umluj in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pwtu. Id of event: us6000pwtu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 36.7541° East, 24.4011° North, depth 10.03 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:16:22 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 21:16:22 / February 23, 2025 @ 9:16 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.03 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Umm Lajj (c. 33 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Umm Lajj (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Saudi Arabia (c. 25 732 000 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 one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km SW of Umluj, Saudi Arabia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 36.7541° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.4011° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km SW of Umluj, 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 2025-02-23 21:16:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-05 00:54:17 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.488 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us6000pwtu Id of event.
Event Code 6000pwtu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pwtu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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