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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge


Earthquake location 4.9832S, -32.5833WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Id of earthquake: us10004rcw. Event ids that are associated: us10004rcw. Exact location of event, longitude -32.5833 West, latitude 4.9832 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:58:17 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/02/16 / 2016-02-20 13:58:17 / February 20, 2016 @ 1:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -32.5833° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 4.9832° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-02-20 13:58:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-02-20 18:07:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -120 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 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 13.284 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us10004rcw Id of event.
Event Code 10004rcw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004rcw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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