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Moderate earthquake 5.8 mag, 86 km ESE of Resolute, Canada


Earthquake location 74.3204S, -92.3053WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 86 km ESE of Resolute, Canada (53 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/17 / 2017-01-08 23:47:12 / January 8, 2017 @ 11:47 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.3053 West, latitude 74.3204 North, depth = 18.93 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.93 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10007s20. Event ids that are associated: at00ojhjej, us10007s20. The temblor was detected at 17:47:12 / 5:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Resolute in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km ESE of Resolute, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.3053° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 74.3204° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km 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 2017-01-08 23:47:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-09 00:04:44 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 518 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 0.789 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10007s20 Id of event.
Event Code 10007s20 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ojhjej,us10007s20, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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