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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Resolute in Canada

Posted by admin on January 9, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 74.4431S, -92.5196WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 74 km ESE of Resolute, Canada (46 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 14.96 km, -92.5196° West, 74.4431° North. Global time and date of event 09/01/17 / 2017-01-09 17:55:36 / January 9, 2017 @ 5:55 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:55:36 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Resolute in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 14.96 km (9 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: at00ojixsn, us10007s51. Unique identifier: us10007s51.

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. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.5196° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 74.4431° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km ESE of Resolute, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-09 17:55:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-09 18:08:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 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 1 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 416 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 ,at,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 0.682 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 us10007s51 Id of event.
Event Code 10007s51 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ojixsn,us10007s51, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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