M 4.4 earthquake – 116 km S of Hovd, Mongolia
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Local time: Feb 6, 2018 · 23:57 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 15 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 15 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 43.623, 102.135117 km from Bogd
- Energy released
- 60 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 298USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jul 4, 2017.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 60 tons of TNT, 7.9 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Mongolia.
- 8.1 1957 Gobi-Altay, Mongolia Earthquake Dec 4, 1957
- 6.8 52 km S of Dalandzadgad, Mongolia Dec 3, 1960
- 6.3 134 km SW of Hovd, Mongolia Apr 30, 1915
- 6.2 140 km SSW of Bayanhongor, Mongolia Feb 24, 1958
- 6.1 71 km NW of Hovd, Mongolia Dec 4, 1957
- 5.8 127 km N of Dalandzadgad, Mongolia Dec 8, 1957
- 5.7 38 km S of Dalandzadgad, Mongolia Dec 5, 1960
- 5.7 24 km SE of Hovd, Mongolia Apr 30, 2006