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Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag has occurred near Bouvet Island in Bouvet Island

Posted by admin on December 13, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -54.2094S, 2.1399WA earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km WNW of Bouvet Island, Bouvet Island (51 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.12 km (9 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/12/17 / 2017-12-13 18:03:43 / December 13, 2017 @ 6:03 pm. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:03:43 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 2.1399° East, -54.2094° South, depth 15.12 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pt17347000, at00p0wvie, us2000c3y6. Unique identifier: us2000c3y6. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bouvet Island in Bouvet Island (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 82 km WNW of Bouvet Island, Bouvet Island.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 2.1399° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -54.2094° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km WNW of Bouvet Island, Bouvet Island Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-13 18:03:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-13 18:34:37 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 4.71 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 650 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 19.832 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 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 us2000c3y6 Id of event.
Event Code 2000c3y6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt17347000,at00p0wvie,us2000c3y6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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