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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Canton in Mississippi

Posted by admin on May 3, 2015 3 Comments

Earthquake location 32.5653S, -90.0755WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (mg/mb) was reported Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Canton in Mississippi. The temblor was reported at 19:39:23 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time of event 03/05/15 / 2015-05-03 00:39:23 / May 3, 2015 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -90.0755 West, latitude 32.5653 North, depth 5 km, unique identifier, us20002ax0.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Jackson (c. 173 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Clinton (c. 25 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Pearl (c. 25 100 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Madison (c. 24 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ridgeland (c. 24 000 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicksburg, Kosciusko, Crystal Springs.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.0755° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.5653° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km SW of Canton, Mississippi Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-03 00:39:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-03 00:57:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4 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 161 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 0.509 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002ax0 Id of event.
Event Code 20002ax0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002ax0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Dan C. McInnis

    Yes, felt it move my feet while standing on the concrete outside while investigating the loud noises. The house moved as well. Just felt another @8:11 CDT. Aftershock?

    May 3, 2015
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  2. Desirea

    Shook our entire apt building here in Canton!

    May 3, 2015
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  3. Jean w. Holder

    Yes I felt it twice.

    May 3, 2015
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