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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 4 km NE of Monchique, Portugal

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Earthquake location 37.3507S, -8.5262WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Monchique in Portugal. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.84 km (8 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002zbm. Id of event: us20002zbm. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:35:46 / 5:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -8.5262 West, latitude 37.3507 North, depth = 12.84 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 04:35:46 / July 22, 2015 @ 4:35 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Faro (c. 41 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Portimão (c. 38 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Olhão (c. 29 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Loulé (c. 23 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Laranjeiro (c. 20 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tavira, Santo André, Santiago do Cacém (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 4 km NE of Monchique, Portugal.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -8.5262° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.3507° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NE of Monchique, Portugal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-22 04:35:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-22 21:13:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 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 178 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 0.323 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 142 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002zbm Id of event.
Event Code 20002zbm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002zbm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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