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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 3 km NE of Clydach, United Kingdom


Earthquake location 51.7071S, -3.8727WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Clydach in United Kingdom on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.01 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 14:31:04 / February 17, 2018 @ 2:31 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d3uw. Id of event: us2000d3uw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -3.8727° West, 51.7071° North, depth 11.01 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:31:04 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) from Bristol (c. 430 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Cardiff (c. 302 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Swansea (c. 170 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Newport (c. 117 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Weston-super-Mare (c. 82 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Rhondda (c. 59 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lydney, Bristol, Ross on Wye (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United Kingdom (c. 62 348 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km NE of Clydach, United Kingdom.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -3.8727° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.7071° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km NE of Clydach, United Kingdom Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-17 14:31:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-17 15:11:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 0 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 332 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.9 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 467 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 2.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000d3uw Id of event.
Event Code 2000d3uw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d3uw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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