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Minor earthquake, 3.41 mag has occurred near Bardwell in Kentucky

Posted by admin on March 15, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.8793333S, -89.1163333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Bardwell in Kentucky. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/17 / 2017-03-15 16:51:09 / March 15, 2017 @ 4:51 pm. The 3.41-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:51:09 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.96 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nm60180726. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nm60180726. Exact location of event, longitude -89.1163333 West, latitude 36.8793333 North, depth = 8.96 km.

Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Cape Girardeau (c. 37 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Paducah (c. 25 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Murray (c. 17 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Jackson (c. 13 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Murray, Dexter, Jackson (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km W of Bardwell, Kentucky.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.41 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.1163333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.8793333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km W of Bardwell, Kentucky Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-15 16:51:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-15 17:17:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 183 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nm The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nm, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1989 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nm60180726 Id of event.
Event Code 60180726 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nm60180726, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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