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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Datong in China

Posted by admin on August 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.0364S, 113.4664WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Datong in China on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 08:46:24 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 113.4664° East, latitude 40.0364° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 08:46:24 / August 16, 2025 @ 8:46 am. Event id: us6000r1kp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1kp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Datong (c. 1 052 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Beichengqu (c. 72 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Beichengqu, Datong (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km ESE of Datong, China.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 113.4664° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.0364° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km ESE of Datong, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-16 08:46:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-16 09:26:29 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 312 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.077 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us6000r1kp Id of event.
Event Code 6000r1kp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000r1kp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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