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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 190 km W of Ferndale, California

Posted by admin on January 25, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.376S, -126.491WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 190 km W of Ferndale, California (118 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:24:33 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Ferndale in California (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -126.491 West, latitude 40.376 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: at00p34gcx. Ids that are associated to the event: at00p34gcx. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/18 / 2018-01-25 17:24:33 / January 25, 2018 @ 5:24 pm UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 190 km W of Ferndale, California.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -126.491° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.376° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 190km W of Ferndale, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-25 17:24:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-25 17:28:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 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 432 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.644815 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197.99998416 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00p34gcx Id of event.
Event Code 00p34gcx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00p34gcx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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