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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Santa Cruz das Flores in Portugal

Posted by admin on April 14, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.2547S, -29.4315WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 169 km ENE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (105 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/04/18 / 2018-04-14 17:13:34 / April 14, 2018 @ 5:13 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:13:34 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -29.4315 West, latitude 40.2547 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000e0bl. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000e0bl. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 169 km ENE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -29.4315° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.2547° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 169km ENE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-14 17:13:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-14 17:46:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -120 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 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 326 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 1.785 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us2000e0bl Id of event.
Event Code 2000e0bl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000e0bl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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