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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Franz Josef Land

Posted by admin on October 28, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 86.8713S, 54.7681WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, North of Franz Josef Land (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000ay28. Event ids that are associated: us1000ay28. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:13:54 / 8:13 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 event, longitude 54.7681 East, latitude 86.8713 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/10/17 / 2017-10-28 16:13:54 / October 28, 2017 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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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 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: North of Franz Josef Land.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 54.7681° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 86.8713° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place North of Franz Josef Land Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-28 16:13:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-28 16:47:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 240 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 0 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 500 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 9.099 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 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 us1000ay28 Id of event.
Event Code 1000ay28 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ay28, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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