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Strong earthquake, 6.4 mag has occurred near Fais in Micronesia

Posted by admin on December 8, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 10.009S, 140.1315WA earthquake magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 50 km WNW of Fais, Micronesia (31 miles). Exact location, longitude 140.1315° East, latitude 10.009° North, depth = 20.27 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.27 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 09:51:10 / December 8, 2017 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 18:51:10 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Fais in Micronesia (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: pt17342002, at00p0mzdc, us2000c1zn. Unique identifier: us2000c1zn.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km WNW of Fais, Micronesia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 140.1315° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 10.009° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km WNW of Fais, Micronesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-08 09:51:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-08 10:11:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 540 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 6.08 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 630 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 ,pt,at,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 5.845 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 us2000c1zn Id of event.
Event Code 2000c1zn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt17342002,at00p0mzdc,us2000c1zn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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