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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake strikes near Ossa de Montiel in Spain


Earthquake location 39.0271S, -2.7142WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ossa de Montiel in Spain. The temblor was reported at 17:16:30 / 5:16 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 14.79 km (9 miles). Global time of event 23/02/15 / 2015-02-23 16:16:30 / February 23, 2015 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -2.7142 West, latitude 39.0271 North, depth 14.79 km, unique identifier, usc000tsgt.

Close countries, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Albacete (c. 169 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Campiña (c. 67 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Tomelloso (c. 38 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Valdepeñas (c. 31 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Alcázar de San Juan (c. 30 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miguelturra, Tobarra, Malagón.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -2.7142° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.0271° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km NNE of Ossa de Montiel, Spain Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-23 16:16:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-23 16:43:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 31 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 396 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 1.164 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 usc000tsgt Id of event.
Event Code c000tsgt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usc000tsgt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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