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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Bereeda in Somalia

Posted by admin on December 3, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.607S, 51.1352WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Bereeda in Somalia on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.93 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/16 / 2016-11-13 09:10:34 / November 13, 2016 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 51.1352° East, latitude 12.607° North, depth = 16.93 km. Id of earthquake: us10007db4. Event ids that are associated: us10007db4. The temblor was detected at 12:10:34 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Somalia (c. 10 112 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Bereeda (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bereeda.

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven 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.

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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: 81 km N of Bereeda, Somalia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 51.1352° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.607° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km N of Bereeda, Somalia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-13 09:10:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-03 06:56:57 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 298 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 8.177 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 230 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 us10007db4 Id of event.
Event Code 10007db4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007db4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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