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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 11 km N of Tadmur, Syria

Posted by admin on August 21, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.6621S, 38.2693WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Tadmur in Syria on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006haq. Id of event: us20006haq. The temblor was picked up at 23:33:40 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 38.2693 East, latitude 34.6621 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 20:33:40 / July 24, 2016 @ 8:33 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Syria (c. 22 198 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tadmur (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 11 km (7 miles) from Tadmur (c. 51 000 pop).

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 have been detected in the same area. 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: 11 km N of Tadmur, Syria.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 38.2693° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.6621° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km N of Tadmur, Syria Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-24 20:33:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-21 20:34:56 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 271 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 3.336 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us20006haq Id of event.
Event Code 20006haq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006haq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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