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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Marion Island in Prince Edward Islands

Posted by admin on November 26, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -44.5365S, 37.5394WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 264 km N of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands (164 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 37.5394 East, latitude -44.5365 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:59:22 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/15 / 2015-11-26 12:59:22 / November 26, 2015 @ 12:59 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100041ik. Id of event: us100041ik. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 264 km N of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 37.5394° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -44.5365° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 264km N of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-26 12:59:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-26 13:24:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 369 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 17.818 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 us100041ik Id of event.
Event Code 100041ik An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100041ik, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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