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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Bristol Island in South Sandwich Islands

Posted by admin on July 16, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -58.2898S, -25.6571WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 96 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (60 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -25.6571° West, -58.2898° South. Global time and date of event 25/06/16 / 2016-06-25 22:51:20 / June 25, 2016 @ 10:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005ymr. Id of event: us10005ymr. The temblor was picked up at 20:51:20 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 96 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -25.6571° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -58.2898° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-25 22:51:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-15 23:31:41 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 284 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 16.354 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us10005ymr Id of event.
Event Code 10005ymr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005ymr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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