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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Shikotan in Russia

Posted by admin on June 28, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 43.7155S, 147.9743WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 101 km E of Shikotan, Russia (63 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/17 / 2017-06-28 12:07:30 / June 28, 2017 @ 12:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.02 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 147.9743° East, 43.7155° North, depth 49.02 km. Id of earthquake: us20009q32. Event ids that are associated: us20009q32. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:07:30 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 101 km E of Shikotan, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.9743° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.7155° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 101km E of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-28 12:07:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-28 12:25:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 449 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 3.909 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20009q32 Id of event.
Event Code 20009q32 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009q32, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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