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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Tjeldsto in Norway

Posted by admin on November 7, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 60.5783S, 4.6569WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Tjeldsto in Norway. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.29 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:46:32 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000bk23. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bk23. Exact location of event, depth 4.29 km, 4.6569° East, 60.5783° North. Global time and date of event 07/11/17 / 2017-11-07 08:46:32 / November 7, 2017 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Bergen (c. 213 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ytrebygda (c. 24 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Askøy (c. 17 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Indre Arna (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Norway (c. 5 009 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Indre Arna, Ytrebygda, Bergen (min 5000 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km WSW of Tjeldsto, Norway. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 4.6569° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.5783° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km WSW of Tjeldsto, Norway Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-07 08:46:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-07 22:00:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 0 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 247 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 2.643 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us2000bk23 Id of event.
Event Code 2000bk23 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bk23, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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