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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Stilfontein in South Africa

Posted by admin on April 3, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -26.9219S, 26.761WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Stilfontein in South Africa on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/04/17 / 2017-04-03 03:08:51 / April 3, 2017 @ 3:08 am. Id of earthquake: us10008e0f. Event ids that are associated: us10008e0f. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:08:51 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 26.761° East, -26.9219° South, depth 5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Carletonville (c. 182 300 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Klerksdorp (c. 178 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Orkney (c. 145 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Potchefstroom (c. 123 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kroonstad (c. 104 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Kutloanong (c. 95 000 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Stilfontein (c. 93 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, South Africa (c. 49 000 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sasolburg, Lichtenburg, Kutloanong.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 8 km S of Stilfontein, South Africa.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.761° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -26.9219° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km S of Stilfontein, South Africa Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-03 03:08:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-03 03:32:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.1 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 418 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 2.149 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 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 us10008e0f Id of event.
Event Code 10008e0f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008e0f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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