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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 179 km SSE of Amsterdam Island, France


Earthquake location -39.373S, 78.1563WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (mg/mb) has striked on Monday, 179 kilometers (111 miles) from Amsterdam Island in France. The temblor was reported at 15:34:53 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 30/03/15 / 2015-03-30 10:34:53 / March 30, 2015 @ 10:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 78.1563 East, latitude -39.373 South, depth 10 km, unique identifier, us10001s0c.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 78.1563° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -39.373° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 179km SSE of Amsterdam Island, France Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-03-30 10:34:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-30 10:58:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.19 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 465 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 20.454 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us10001s0c Id of event.
Event Code 10001s0c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10001s0c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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