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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Ashwell in United Kingdom

Posted by admin on September 23, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 52.714S, -0.693WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Ashwell in United Kingdom. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 21:40:11 / September 22, 2015 @ 9:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 22:40:11 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -0.693° West, latitude 52.714° North, depth = 2 km. Unique identifier: us20003n3q. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003n3q.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Leicester (c. 339 200 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Coventry (c. 308 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Nottingham (c. 246 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Derby (c. 235 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Northampton (c. 197 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United Kingdom (c. 62 348 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Warwick, Chesterfield, Lichfield.

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 1 km E of Ashwell, United Kingdom.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -0.693° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.714° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km E of Ashwell, United Kingdom Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-22 21:40:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-23 22:50:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 123 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 us20003n3q Id of event.
Event Code 20003n3q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003n3q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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