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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Posted by admin on October 21, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 70.8664S, -5.9099WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Id of earthquake: us1000av6h. Event ids that are associated: us1000av6h. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 12:56:43 / October 21, 2017 @ 12:56 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:56:43 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -5.9099 West, latitude 70.8664 North, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (c. 3 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olonkinbyen. Event epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Olonkinbyen (c. 0 pop).

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

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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: 102 km E of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -5.9099° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 70.8664° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 102km E of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-21 12:56:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-21 13:15:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 0 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 432 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 5.338 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us1000av6h Id of event.
Event Code 1000av6h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000av6h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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