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Major earthquake, 7.6 mag has occurred near Great Swan Island in Honduras

Posted by admin on January 10, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.4693S, -83.5197WA major earthquake with magnitude 7.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 44 km E of Great Swan Island, Honduras (27 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 02:51:31 / January 10, 2018 @ 2:51 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Great Swan Island in Honduras (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:51:31 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000c2zy. Event ids that are associated: pt18010000, at00p2bjxw, us1000c2zy. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -83.5197 West, latitude 17.4693 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. There are an estimated 15 major 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 44 km E of Great Swan Island, Honduras.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -83.5197° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.4693° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km E of Great Swan Island, Honduras Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-10 02:51:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-10 03:09:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 27 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 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 898 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 4.956 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 14 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 us1000c2zy Id of event.
Event Code 1000c2zy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18010000,at00p2bjxw,us1000c2zy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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