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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag was detected near Sarande in Albania

Posted by admin on September 28, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.9126S, 19.9467WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Sarande in Albania on Thursday. Unique identifier: us2000aw7x. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000aw7x. Exact location of earthquake, 19.9467° East, 39.9126° North, depth 11.28 km. The temblor was reported at 22:33:48 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/09/17 / 2017-09-28 21:33:48 / September 28, 2017 @ 9:33 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.28 km (7 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Vlorë (c. 89 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Gjirokastër (c. 23 400 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Sarandë (c. 15 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Çorovodë (c. 14 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poliçan, Ballsh, Ersekë (min 5000 pop).

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 thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. 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: 6 km NW of Sarande, Albania.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 19.9467° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.9126° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NW of Sarande, Albania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-28 21:33:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-28 22:39:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 168 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 0.654 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000aw7x Id of event.
Event Code 2000aw7x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000aw7x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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