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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge

Posted by admin on April 21, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -48.9304S, 123.6128WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.69 km (2 miles). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:44:15 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/04/18 / 2018-04-21 19:44:15 / April 21, 2018 @ 7:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 123.6128° East, -48.9304° South, depth 3.69 km. Unique identifier: us1000dq0e. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dq0e.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 eight 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 123.6128° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -48.9304° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-21 19:44:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-21 20:05:41 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 0 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 482 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 16.686 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us1000dq0e Id of event.
Event Code 1000dq0e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dq0e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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